Interesting clients, but only the favorites succeed - PR Account Executive LaunchSquad Employee Review

3.0
26 Mar 2017
Recommend
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Pros

- Working with interesting clients among the fastest-growing startups around - Self-driven environment and good benefits - San Francisco mentality of pushing innovation and picking up new trends quickly (like analytics) - Well-respected firm that clients and media take seriously

Cons

- Not much willingness to listen to employee concerns, convinced "the LaunchSquad way" is the only way - Not very good at engaging with new ideas like training about diversity and preventing sexism - Not at all a meritocracy -- bro-y white men who take credit for others' ideas are promoted over hardworking women or those who are vocal about change. There are more men named Jason in charge than women or people of color. - Attempts at a "flat organization" or avoidance of "corporate" systems mean it's tough to know how to manage basic processes like registering concerns about a superior or booking travel

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5.0
27 Mar 2024
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
15 Oct 2025
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Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

- Smart, interesting people work here—I loved almost all of my coworkers - Fun company culture - Great benefits - Opportunity to work with some amazing clients; “change-the-world companies” isn’t just a marketing gimmick - You will learn a LOT, and fast. You had the chance to try out many different kinds of work - Relatively fast promotions if you’re a high performer - Dedicated mentorship program is a big perk

Cons

- The workload is frequently overwhelming, and management just tells employees to learn to “juggle” or prioritize better (i.e. figure out which tasks to continually punt to the next day) instead of treating it as a structural issue - No centralized PM system or source of information means employees spend a lot of time chasing information and manually updating a mix of spreadsheets, Slack dashboards, Google Docs, etc. - No shared templates or hub of “good” examples to work from. Every team invents their own standards, workflows, templates. Not only does this sacrifice efficiency but also makes “good work” arbitrary; leadership frequently moves the goalposts - Junior employees are often “voluntold” for work with little regard for their bandwidth. Outright saying “no” to any projects is essentially unheard of - No bonuses; verbal acknowledgements abound, but employees are rarely given material acknowledgement of work well done - Low pay (but typical for an agency environment)

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