Pros
Great roster of global clients in various sectors, good brand name for the CV and part of WPP, interesting work, and generally nice people and opportunities to learn.
Cons
Abysmal in everything to do with employee engagement... Inconsistent and confusing comms from the top - ironic for a comms company. Salaries are generally below industry and market standard. There are very few pay rises, not even a yearly inflationary one (this should really be standard practice and was at my previous two companies - at least a 2-3% rise otherwise you are effectively getting a pay cut every single year that passes due to cost of living increases). There is no bonus system at all, even for senior staff. This means there is very little incentive to go the extra mile as all you will get is a pat on the back and promise of a promotion and pay rise that rarely / never comes. Promotions are few and far between, there must be a backlog of 20+ current good staff who are overdue a promotion based on high performance but have not been rewarded with one. Even those who get promotions advise the pay rises are miniscule (circa 5% on average). 4 days a week in the office (and two being Friday's bizarrely) being mandated from April by WPP leadership will reduce flexible working as well as make people less productive and poorer. Another terrible decision by the leadership at WPP who are out of touch and making a myriad of unenforced errors leading to unnecessary high churn of decent staff. Avoid if you want a good work-life balance. Overall, investments in people have generally decreased - good perks like lunch vouchers, free snacks and vouchers as a Christmas bonus have been removed over the last 12 months as cost cutting has become the number 1 focus of WPP and by extension Burson.