LaFORCE Reviews

This is one of the worst experiences of my career- period. The work was draining, the company culture sucked the life out of me, and I have never felt more defeated on a daily basis. This is coming from someone who adores PR and marketing- they literally will make you question the industry as a whole. I learned that this feeling was felt by many after I left. There were certain days I was treated sub-human. It was one of the most toxic environments I have ever seen. The fake change of leadership feels like someone just changing out the same, fake backdrop. These are trying times, and it just gets worse with this company. There are no real processes, no real people that know what they are doing. They had to bring in a consultant because of the lack of leadership. They also constantly find scapegoats for issues rather than being reflective and seeing their own issues. This is kind of shocking considering the myriad of reviews and similar feedback. Favoritism is the name of the game here, this is NOT the place to grow if you do anything differently than leadership. There is no innovation, no room for reflection my management—nothing. The scariest part is the lack of transparency and how much shady business goes on behind closed doors. When I would flag excess client charges, disparities in pay, issues with company policy vs. what was actually allowed, I was reprimanded or even worse, ignored. It made me feel as though I did not know what I was talking about or was a bad employee, when I was merely trying to solve problems at hand. To echo another comment on here, for a women-led company, it is defeating to women. The lack of flexibility and support felt during COVID was and is overwhelming. The people are drowning. The mothers are drowning. From top to bottom it is a mess. Their recent “restructure” only fueled an endless fire of favoritism, thoughtless leadership and strange office politics. I have never been so confused by a company in my life. What scares me the most are the clients that stay on or new business that comes in if they read these reviews. Teams are miserable, people are overworked, underpaid and devalued.

This was the worst job I've ever had. I am still traumatized by this organization and the players that make up their leadership team. I call them players because this agency is a joke and a game. They only promote people they like and because of that there are a bunch of leaders in their early 20s who have no experience with management or employee growth. Their executive leadership team is scary and they frankly need to wipe out the entire top level and start over. No one gives feedback and they'll just start ignoring you and icing you out until you decide to quit. Working here is like being on a hamster wheel and you're going in circles until you eventually fall off and decide to leave. Long hours, inconsiderate senior leaders who talk to you with no respect, and a President who knows all of the bad things that happen at the agency and chooses not to acknowledge it because she has no idea how to attack the problem from the top. If you are interviewing for Corporate & Consumer practice, I highly recommend you turn around now as you will be working under the most dreadful and miserable human being who will do everything to make you feel as horrible as she always does. This agency is hell.