associate director

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media planner

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Omnicom Group

It was frustrating to work here for years and never get any raise or COLA but then get emails from the CEO that they've acquired or merged with another entity. 

I got caught up in the Omnicom Production creation, which created a lot of stress and confusion. People's paychecks, job titles, job locations, and reporting structures were all negatively affected. Omnicom wants to erase the unique, good parts of each of its independent agencies so that we're all under the same thumb, which I think is a shame. Omnicom Production is a mess and no one knows what's going on.

Company seems pro AI, which I find extremely unfortunate. Consumers do not like or trust AI. AI is expensive to run and harmful to the environment. It's sad that a creative industry could watch writers and actors go on strike, partly because of the threat of AI, and then decide to use AI in its work. That’s not art or creativity.

The return-to-office mandates are unpopular and only hurt employee morale. And when you track attendance and get on to employees like that, you create an atmosphere where you’re treating adults like children.

Only pros are the benefits coverage wasn't bad (at least for me), and I had a good work/life balance. Decent PTO package. I worked with hardworking, kind people. But I do not recommend the company.

After following this company for several years, I find myself increasingly disappointed by the gap between management's promises and operational reality. Revenue growth remains respectable on paper, but much of it appears driven by acquisitions, pricing actions, and financial engineering rather than meaningful innovation or sustainable competitive advantages.

The core advertising business faces mounting pressure from platform concentration, shifting consumer behavior, and intensifying competition. Management continues to highlight ambitious AI initiatives and data-driven transformation efforts, yet tangible evidence of improved client outcomes or expanded margins remains limited. Instead, investors are repeatedly asked to exercise patience while strategic narratives evolve.

What concerns me most is the apparent lack of accountability. Targets are frequently reframed, guidance is carefully managed, and underperformance is often attributed to external factors rather than execution. Employee turnover and restructuring efforts suggest deeper organizational challenges than public communications acknowledge.

This remains a large, recognizable company with significant assets, but it increasingly feels like a business managing decline rather than building a compelling future.

When an agency is unable to define and bolster the unique and therefore sought after value to clients, partners and prospective employees, it struggles to articulate in any credible way - changing leadership in line with diversity & inclusion standards yet lacking any real business acumen, expertise or confidence can only contribute to a rapidly declining culture, client roster and industry reputation.  Thus, 2023 has been a year of agency reinventing itself, making emotional and ill-informed decisions, overburdening talented staff while over-acknowledging and celebrating mediocracy.  Omnicom would be wise to reabsorb the true talent within, weed out the over-compensated and scrap HSC all together.

Productive and Active Workplace with opportunity of advancement.  Omnicom Group, Inc. is an American-based global marketing and corporate communications holding company, headquartered in New York City.

Omnicom's branded networks and specialty firms provide services in four disciplines: advertising, customer relationship management (CRM), public relations and specialty services. The services included in these disciplines are media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, sports and events marketing, field marketing and brand consultancy.[3] Omnicom Group was ranked as one of the four largest advertising agencies in the world by The New York Times in 2002.[4] In 2014, Omnicom was considered the second largest advertising holding company by The Wall Street Journal.[5] The company employs more than 74,000 employees in about 100 countries worldwide.[

The workplace culture was awesome until after covid.  During the pandemic, they made their first move on taking over and took over the equipment  and changed everything.  IT support was difficult to do as things were forever changing and with very little notice.  They are destroying these agencies one by one and creating new groups without any structure or support for the people.  The most enjoyable part of the job was the people I worked with.  They were always appreciative and friendly for the most part.  The hardest part of the job was trying to get along with the office staff that was managed by corporate.  Alot of secrets and management was a joke.

I found this one of my favorite places of employment. Unfortunately my department was outsourced to India (so boo to saving a buck), however, everything else was nice prior to the transition. The culture is very open communication between employee and manager. It's media, so there's always a mixer in office or at a location in the city. The work is pretty straight-forward. Depending on your department / manager, you get remote work from home options as well as flexibility in your schedule as long as YOU the employee are consistent. There aren't too many additional services, trainings, or incentives, but the everyday culture is great.

Awesome opportunity to educate yourself further on the industry and work in a creative environment. The different agencies make for a seclusive culture and it can be cliquey at times. Limited diversity, would say the Female to Male ratio is 70:30. Most management lacks the ability to give constructive feedback, if at all, and instead resorts to passive aggressive tendencies. The benefits are great as well as the time off, however the compensation is well below average and there's limited opportunity for growth. There was a 5 month period where I didn't even have a supervisor before being told my team was being moved to a different office. Throughout my time working there, there was a lack of overall stability. Great job for someone fresh out of school but that's about it.

I commuted from home to participate in a summer internship program.  The management was welcoming and accommodating, aware that I had not had any previous experience in marketing, as were my co-workers.  I began the day with a project from my supervisor, learning to assist in the various fields of marketing strategy such as Digital, Social Media and Print.  Usually it revolved around our retail account JCPenny and their competitors, examining their strategies and gaging their plan for the upcoming year.  The hardest part of my job was getting acclimated to the workforce and the fast pace.  The most enjoyable part was learning a new field of study and making relationships with my co-workers.

The company overall is well organized and professionals in terms of communicating things to it’s employee, however the drawback of working in this place is mainly the PHD department and the people surrounding it. They are not completely honest and don’t believe in second chances as well as they don’t give people a chance to grow, there is a lot of unfairness going on in this place. Just be warned for future employees that apply here is that working with a certain individual who will remain anonymous can be quite frustrating and unpleasant. But not to worry as that person’s time will come and will fall by it’s own weight. Karma does exist afterall!

Good luck to any future candidates that apply to this company.

I enjoy the culture in Advertising Agencies all around.  There are always inclusive activities and "parties" to celebrate various groups, holidays or training.

I feel the management was very hands-off which allowed employees to work freely.  However, they were not very good at answering questions or giving direction or resources when asked and did not necessarily understand how to evenly distribute work load in my department.  

Good work environment with flexible work from home options to those employees they wanted to include in the program.

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