Like Butterflies Languishing in a Cage - werkgeversreview PR Executive bij Stern Strategy Group

2,0
23 jul 2014
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
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Salaries are decent but not worth the aggravation and toxicity of the work environment. Great opportunities to learn foundation of PR. Lots of room for creativity within clients.

Minpunten

Although employees are expected to have the perseverance a PR professional should, they are not rewarded accordingly with flexible work schedules (i.e. woking from home), free Friday lunches and other incentives set by individual teams. Despite being told the company only works 9 - 5, anyone who tries to leave before 6 is made to feel like they're doing something wrong and despite everyone working extremely hard and long hours, employees are often scolded for not working as hard as management. Management sets unrealistic expectations and if you don't produce you are gone. There is a significant lack of direction from senior management for younger staffers and it’s not really a good place to continue your career. Most of the staff are older folks who have been working with each other for years. Management expects you to not have a life outside of work, but also to not have a life inside of the office. Any type of office camaraderie is deeply frowned upon. This makes for a very harsh, quiet culture. Very unrealistic! Very cheap about sick time and vacation. Salaries are about average. They seem like they are always hiring because they are -- extremely talented PR pros crumble within a few months and are brutally fired or just save themselves and quit.

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5,0
12 jan 2021
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
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Incredible support from leadership and the team. This was always the case but became even more apparent since we began working from home.

Minpunten

I can't think of any cons.

1,0
26 mrt 2015
Anonieme werknemer
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
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There are no good reasons to work (waste your time) here. I pity the place and would almost feel bad for upper management if they were decent human beings. Nothing good here, folks.

Minpunten

It is easier to list the pros about the company (which include nothing). The turn-around rate is very high. This includes the firing of employees for petty and startling excuses in addition to employees leaving for better jobs. The salaries are at the very bottom tier of expected salaries for each position, as in, they are the outliers that bring down the averages within the industry. The hierarchy is unfair and favoritism is extremely prevalent. Unethical behavior and lack of integrity is commonplace among upper management nor does professionalism exist within upper management. It is an "every man for themselves" type of environment where no one is to be trusted and anyone can turn their back on you for their own interests at a moment's notice. In order to succeed in a company such as Stern + Associates, you must be as every bit of evil and egocentric as the people that call the shots. Essentially, if you survive at this company, you are or will turn into a sneaky and deceitful human being.

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