What is the hiring process like at OMD?

Best in industry tools and resources Compelling team dynamics Good book of business

Hours, workload, etc Talent management and recruitment is slow and puts a strain on teams

Being part of Omnicom, a cool brand to have on your resume OK compensation

In the specific team I was on, there was no work - life balance during the entirety of my experience. I worked 60 hours by default. The group director and the upper management acted like that was the norm. The HR was pretty useless in addressing these issues. The interview was quick and it lacked lots of crucial details especially regarding the client onboarding status.

Pleasure to work with talented and driven team. Everyone was excited about the brand and communicated well, especially when clients' pivoted directions and wanted deadlines to be met. Teammates were able to assist and provide guidance if there was something complicated or had trouble understanding. Many team bonding events after work and during work hours. Free breakfast and on-site barista every workday. Teams from other departments would showcase their work. The company offered many online classes to gain skills especially in Excel. There are lots of opportunities for upward mobility within the company. You just need to take the time to network with others, especially if there are different departments that you're interested in. It was nice to have scheduled one-on-one meetings with my manager when starting out as a new hire. This helped to ensure you're acclimated to the work and with the team.

Working in the advertising industry for a large brand is extremely fast-paced as the team expects new hires to hit the ground running within the first several weeks (if this is what you're looking for, go for it). I remember feeling overly stressed as the team would hardly take breaks, except for lunch. Also, we would have to be on top of emails. If there was an email that appeared during lunch time, one of us would have to take a short lunch and immediately return to work. There were days where we'd have to work overtime and over the weekends as this is salary-based with a starting amount of $40k/ year. This was non-negotiable at the time. From my experience with the team culture, working overtime was praised. It was a hybrid work schedule, however, upper management eventually wanted to permanently move back to an in-person 5-day work week. Unfortunately, I had a negative experience with a newly-appointed supervisor that expected perfection within several weeks of starting the job, and would throw condescending comments to new hires in front of the whole team. Upper management and other established team members would witness it first-hand, and not confront our supervisor. This continued on until I moved on to a different career opportunity.

Good client accounts Possibility to move around to other OMG agencies

No clear direction from leaders, despite strong positioning of OMG as n1 agency network in the world. Terrible at hiring, so many incompetent employees lacking intelligence and technical skills. Bad culture, people aren’t friendly or collaborative. Everyone works independently from others that do the same thing across other client hubs. Company politics, preventing us from doing better work for clients and collaborating cross departments. Processes are extremely bureaucratic and a waste of time.

Pleasure to work with talented and driven team. Everyone was excited about the brand and communicated well, especially when clients' pivoted directions and wanted deadlines to be met. Teammates were able to assist and provide guidance if there was something complicated or had trouble understanding. Many team bonding events after work and during work hours. Free breakfast and on-site barista every workday. Teams from other departments would showcase their work. The company offered many online classes to gain skills especially in Excel. There are lots of opportunities for upward mobility within the company. You just need to take the time to network with others, especially if there are different departments that you're interested in. It was nice to have scheduled one-on-one meetings with my manager when starting out as a new hire. This helped to ensure you're acclimated to the work and with the team.

Working in the advertising industry for a large brand is extremely fast-paced as the team expects new hires to hit the ground running within the first several weeks (if this is what you're looking for, go for it). I remember feeling overly stressed as the team would hardly take breaks, except for lunch. Also, we would have to be on top of emails. If there was an email that appeared during lunch time, one of us would have to take a short lunch and immediately return to work. There were days where we'd have to work overtime and over the weekends as this is salary-based with a starting amount of $40k/ year. This was non-negotiable at the time. From my experience with the team culture, working overtime was praised. It was a hybrid work schedule, however, upper management eventually wanted to permanently move back to an in-person 5-day work week. Unfortunately, I had a negative experience with a newly-appointed supervisor that expected perfection within several weeks of starting the job, and would throw condescending comments to new hires in front of the whole team. Upper management and other established team members would witness it first-hand, and not confront our supervisor. This continued on until I moved on to a different career opportunity.