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If it were not for the coworkers in my department who are smart, capable, and hard-working, I would have zero positive things to say about Real Chemistry. The new CEO has made his stance on prioritizing cutting costs in order to make margins appear more impressive is shameless. The organization has made it clear to employees that they are dispensable and nothing but a number: between refusing to compensate employees fairly, lack of transparency around compensation decisions, pushing for unsustainable 100% billability targets, and pushing over-service on work as the norm is a surefire way to keep burning out your employees and ensure that no one will invest in a future here. The organization previously had a culture to be proud of, with a CEO who clearly emphasized taking care of employees and allowing flexibility for them to grow within the company. Now, new hires can expect that they will never be allowed to climb the ranks here, either due to laughable compensation differences for new hires compared to those who have actually invested time here and/or being stretched so thin across multiple projects due to resourcing issues that you don't have any time to dedicate to personal goals.

With a client-minded flexible schedule, you are largely free to do your own work and be responsible for your deliverables. A typical day for me is different because I work in IT. I get to see the troubles that people face each day and learn from each experience and that's a unique perspective that most people don't benefit from.

The hardest part of the job has been an inability to align my department's goals with the company's goals because that information either isn't communicated or not communicated well enough.

The most enjoyable part of my job is the flexibility to try new technologies and coerce people into beta testing for others in the company!

It's a great place to work if you are savy at political games and navigate cliques well. Not good if you just want to put your head down, do good work and go home. 

You get into trouble if you work instead of going to ego-boosting toasts for execs. and social events (if you don't drink alcohol or like to be around it, beware its everywhere here).

The company pushes a "work hard, play hard" culture but in reality you have very little time to "play". Responding to email on your day off or on vacation isn't too uncommon, as are days where you come in at 9 and leave at 9. Despite a "unlimited time off policy" you feel shamed when you try to ask for time off. 

Many people are overworked.

W2O is going under a lot of change especially in the Austin office and people are leaving left and right. As a lot of reviews have said before, the company constantly pushes to significantly increase revenue each year at unsustainable rates. The breaking point where everyone is way too overworked and undervalued has finally hit. A lot of people  who work there are great and will always be some of my best friends, but management is pretty bad and shady at best from my experience. I wouldn't recommend working there at this point with all the uncertainty that exists around the office unless you're okay with no work-life balance and an office with high turnover.

I left this company years ago because I barely had any work-life balance and questions about compensation and hiring practices. While these were the bigger reasons why I was dissatisfied with this company, another thing was that the CEO was extremely political and I felt uncomfortable. They also lie to their clients about certain teams' capabilities. Not a good place for honest people who want to be proud of what they do every day.

W2O is a fantastic place to work, coming out of the gates from college. They offer a broad array of account work, and even let you dabble in several different service offerings. Lot's of great people work at this company, and plenty of mentorship opportunities.  The management is sometimes questionable, but the work is always stellar.

Title says it all - strap in and hold on, because this firm moves fast. If you're looking to apply, I'd strongly recommend asking the interviewers what specifically you'll be working on - it happens far too often that a new hire is brought on board with either no accounts or too many, and is never really integrated with the firm.

The atmosphere of the agency was such an encouraging place to be in, and I looked forward to going to work every morning. As an intern, I was given a lot of opportunities to learn from different departments and there was even a specific intern training program that taught you life/career goals necessary in the work force.

No transparency for the employees. They have people in manger roles that don't know how to manage a team. No training and if you make a mistake, they will reprimand you for it instead of offering guidance. Terrible work-life balance, they say you can work from anywhere but still expect you to be tied to your home office and pick up calls whenever they need, even after hours with no OT pay. 
STAY AWAY.  

Company lost to what it wants to be when it grows up. Pay is good, some peers are exceptional, some are more into playing politics. Performance does not make much difference when it comes to job security.

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