MediaCom UK Reviews

MediaCom's big claim is that they put "people first". It's even in our email signatures. They make a big song and dance about how much they care about staff's mental health. However as soon as Covid hit they made almost 100 people redundant immediately. This was before any other agency in London. And they didn't even do furlough, just BAM a ton of loyal and high performing people suddenly just axed. These included people who are vulnerable, like older people (one of whom had worked for them for 30+ years) and people with lung conditions, people who lived alone and had been self isolating without any support, suddenly having to contend with redundancy in the middle of a pandemic. It's an absolute disgrace. Those of us who are left have had our eyes opened to how little they actually give a toss about their people. Staff are just a commodity and an expense like any other that will be culled at the first sign of trouble, Many of those of us left will be out of the door as soon as the jobs market opens up again. People don't come first at MediaCom, shareholders do.

Junior members of HR were not supported properly. They were left to fend for themselves for a long time, which meant morale in the team was very low. Constant complaints about workload and team structure. Complaints were heard but never upheld for months. Team members were physically and mentally drained at the end of each working day. It was constantly 'were fire fighting' HR were fire fighting for months. HRBP's i felt didn't really care. Process's that were supposed to be in place were not, which could have lifted such a load of off peoples plates. Senior members of the team were sugar coating to Senior leaders. Onboarding new employees can be a lot better. An actual induction plan needs to be in place and all new joiners whether you are joining as an HR Coordinator or a HR Business Partner. There is a very cliquey culture throughout all of MediaCom UK.