The OutCast Agency Reviews

There is a reason this place has as many negative reviews as it does. My experience at OC was absolutely awful. If you somehow manage to find yourself wanting to work here to get some good clients on your resume, here's what to expect: Do not trust anyone. No one is your friend (as charming as they may come off in interviews and your first few weeks). They are all out for themselves and do not care about you or what you have to say. You MUST become a robot - separate yourself and passions from this job, otherwise you will fail (this is absolutely key). The problem is not the people (most of them are awesome), the problem is management. Why? In my experience, there was no management. They were either impossible to track down, and when they were present, their focus was to humiliate you in front of the team or client to validate their roles and appear to be the "hero" under all circumstances. Someone else said that there is a coven of witches who find people to target and that is so dead on, I couldn't believe my eyes when I read that - I'm not crazy! Now, there are some managers at OC that seem totally cool, so if you land in with them, you should be good. Also, you might notice that the only people that have been there for as long as they have started as associates. There's a reason here. OC will always have its core team - the people who have been there for 4+ years. They will not trust anyone outside of this core team and if you aren't a masochist, you will not survive (no joke). They thrive on leading through a sadistic approach, so be prepared to be whipped over and over again (without the actual whip, of course). During my time at OC, I did not sleep, I had no personal life and cried pretty much every day. If that's not prison, I don't know what is.

You will work EXTREMELY long hours here. Since the work environment in so fast paced, emails often go ignored especially if you are more entry level which is totally unfair and makes it seem as though your voice doesn't matter. I often had to resend emails 3-4 times with them STILL being ignored by upper management. Seems as though everyone looks out for themselves which can create a blaming process in front of team leads and clients via email which isn't healthy. You don't get to choose your clients so hopefully you'll be lucky enough to land a big name such as HBO, Facebook, Instagram or Airbnb etc. Because if you're going to have no work life balance you might as well do it for companies that will add something special to your resume. Office is primarily women, so it's always refreshing when males are hired. EVERY account wants your undivided attention which makes every workday stressful (You're usually on 3-4 accounts) Upper management (AAE's, AE's, SAE's AS's) stop throwing your work on associates at the end of the day and think about how you would feel if someone did this to you. People are fired here. Watch your back, always act eager, don't tell your business to too many people even your coaches may throw you under the bus, but obviously this is a case by case basis. It's majority great people but there are also those bad apples.