Teneo Blue Rubicon 2017 - Senior Consultant Teneo Employee Review

4.0
17 Feb 2017
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Pros

Genuinely a great bunch of people to work with. Real collaboration across the business, very much a "one team" mentality. People always happy to share their knowledge with you. This includes senior people who are very approachable. Some of the best clients and briefs around - if you want clients that stand-out on your CV, then Teneo Blue Rubicon has the best client base. Amazing offices in London Bridge - all new and open plan. Work/life balance is actually ok- but really depends on what teams/accounts you're on!!

Cons

The company has grown so much over the past couple of years, with acquisitions of other small agencies and itself has now been acquired. This creates lot of opportunities and allows the business to win bigger briefs, but it feels like senior people have taken their eye off the ball a bit. As a result, it has felt like the quality of work has deteriorated and we have been so swelled by our success that we feel untouchable. There have been quite a few people leave recently, as a result of the new culture of the company. This means that some of the "core" Blue Rubicon people who made the agency what it is today, are now few and far between. We don't do much pure media relations campaigning any more - if you like doing hardworking media and press office work, this isn't the agency for you.

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Teneo Response
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Thanks for your comments. You’re right that we’ve grown and about the opportunities this brings for new and interesting, ever-more integrated briefs. That also offers our people the chance to work on rich, rewarding briefs and to learn new skills. Our growth is also an opportunity to offer our clients more value and more services which is what we’re focused on doing. We’ve been briefed in 2017 by a number of new clients who recognise this and retained by long-standing clients who like our expanding offer. It’s a shame when people leave us but they do so for a range of reasons; to continue their careers in new fields, gain different experience, pursue life’s adventures abroad and so on. We’ve also had quite a few returners who’ve gone elsewhere and felt a drive to come back. We love when that happens. From the companies we’ve brought together, there is emerging a new company culture which is undoubtedly still work in progress. We won’t know if we’ve nailed it for a little while yet, though we’re confident we will. At the heart of all of the firms that came together was one simple belief – that we wanted to challenge the status quo and never be seen as the establishment. That belief has not subsided. How we embody it and what it means for our culture is what we’re busy working on each and every day.

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