Great people, bad holding company - Copywriter Yamamoto Employee Review

4.0
4 Oct 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Insanely talented creative department. Very underrated within the city. Also fun to work with. -Smart people across the agency -Opportunity to work on pro-bono non-profit clients -Management and CEO will listen to your concerns if you come to them

Cons

-Sometimes communication on nitty gritty stuff like hours reporting expectations and how to get a raise was spotty -Holding company's financial whims make people feel like a number. Valuable team members laid off seemingly without logic or cause. -Holding company would have weird quarterly calls in which the charisma-devoid CEO would spout strange personal opinions

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5.0
30 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fantastic agency! Tons of client challenges to help solve and deliver great results. Leadership is competent and experienced. Would highly recommend!

Cons

Nothing really. Agency life is busy. It's called "work".

1.0
3 Mar 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Competitive pay to start. Generous time off.

Cons

Expectations are not aligned with the reality of your job. I continually advocated for appropriately adding staff to the team based on clients' agreed-upon management fees. Its hard to say if the lack of action was intentional or otherwise.

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