Commonwealth Reviews

3.3

54% would recommend to a friend

(82 total reviews)
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Bill Kolb

100% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Commonwealth has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 82 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Commonwealth employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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82 reviews
1.0
2 Feb 2018

Global, just say NO

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Location Free Parking Global looks good on a resume McCann looks good on a resume Most people are gone by 4:30 (because no one cares)

Cons

Lacks process and team structure Lacks purpose (from clients and leadership) No Transparency Lack of advancement opportunities No reasoning behind pay or titles It Is not uncommon to hear misogynistic, homophobic or racist comments/jokes being said by both agency personnel and clients. Work is meaningless and often gets killed Creative and strategy is “vanilla” at best Global clients have no power and no marketing experience Leadership is nonexistent Blame and fear culture, your job will be threatened weekly Nothing you do here will prepare you for any other job you may get in the future. This agency gives Michigan a bad name. Most people who have worked on global, had such a bad experiences, they ended up leaving the state of Michigan all together. A lot of people get screwed over by HR when they leave The most unhappy Environment I have ever had the displeasure of working in!

1.0
7 Jun 2017

Creative

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Paid time off, benefits, candy machines, downtown Detroit, SOME of the people.

Cons

Terrible leadership over the creative department. If you can even call it leadership. The people that are hard working, talented, and overall good people to work for get no respect and continue to get stepped on by privileged, unprofessional, mentally abusive, and irrational upper management. It is complete chaos on the creative floor. No supervision whatsoever. People can basically do what they want with no repercussions and no one holding them accountable for their actions. If you are a smart and talented woman, RUN! They hate that there. Also a lot of scandalous things that happen around the office that HR knows about but no one talks about. If you are immorally corrupt and have no sense of self worth or credibility of being a semi decent person, then this is the place for you.

2.0
14 Mar 2017

Just say no.

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Pros

The people that actually work are fantastic. They're fun and they're talented. Great location. There's a Shake Shack close by??

Cons

Upper leadership is terrible. Lack of communication within the agency and departments. No opportunity unless you're male. Scared of new ideas. They stick to tv spots and that's it. High school mentality so if you don't drink or do drugs then you're not going to be taken seriously. The people that actually work hard are the ones that don't get opportunity. You can definitely fail a lot and move up within the ranks. So if that's your think, then you'll love it there.

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