Ogilvy and Mather Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"I worked at Ogilvy Worldwide for 13 years in many different roles. The plus side, I enjoyed working with my coworkers, there, and the C suite management is top notch and a pleasure to work with. One thing to keep in mind, it is part of a massive corporation, and is run as such. If you are interested in expressing yourself creatively, this is not really the place. However, it is a great place to learn marketing and advertising."

"a fine establishment."

"A recognizable company with decent benefits and work-life balance. One can feel "lost in the crowd," as can be expected with larger organizations."

"Great company with a great work environment."

"Great company to work for. Best agency in the world and really a fun vibe place, especially if you are into the creative side of things."

"I was at OPR in SF for 2 years and wouldn't recommend it to anyone. The senior leadership care about only themselves and filling their pockets (at any cost), not the quality of work, or the people actually doing the work. We did 360 reviews, but management never saw the results on themselves. Management will pass of junior staff ideas as their own. Horrible place to work."

"I hate working here. The pay is very low and the work is unchallenging. I've been here for years and I've been denied a raise. I barely make enough for New York City living. I was told to save my checks. I tried to change departments and was denied."

"I've been working as a designer for over 10 years.I'm a Senior Visual Designer (UX/UI) at Ogilvy Brasil. Over the last years, I've had the opportunity to work with leading brands such as Coca-Cola, Unilever, Claro, Dove, Sony, Billboard, IBM, among others, and amazing people in Europe, America and Asia.I'm always looking for ways to provide value for people and things."

"Ogilvy needs to update its way of doing business."

"Work and no play - no job satisfaction for the efforts you make, no recognition, the management chews you up and spits you out. The company hires hopeless idiots to be in charge and lead million dollar brands. The work they win with is scam, the awards they get are bought. I wouldn't ever recommend this place as an employment opportunity unless your plan is get in, get the money, and get out."

"What once was a roiling pot of creativity filled with adventurous professionals has degenerated into a bean-counter, stick in the mud culture. The open design of the offices is quite nice if sometimes noisy, but the 11th Ave location is a long haul to get to and freezing cold in the Winter. Ogilvy NY has had a series of very bad years with lots of layoffs, very few pay raises and no bonuses. Management lies and misleads employees. When the times got tough the talented bailed."

"Just took over a year to get paid."

What do you like about working at Ogilvy and Mather?

"There are some cool peolpe who work here and we do work with some great brands."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Spend time at all places getting to know people and the culture before you interview somewhere if possible."

What don't you like about working at Ogilvy and Mather?

"There have been a lot of redundancies creating an uneasy and less fun culture than it was 12months ago."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would pay people mroe fairly, recruit the right people, hire more young blood."

What do you like about working at Ogilvy and Mather?

"Informal atmosphere, friendly and cooperative people, a sense of teamwork"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It's a good place to learn, definitely a good career move. Don't be afraid to shake things up and bring new ideas along!"

What don't you like about working at Ogilvy and Mather?

"The breakneck pace and extreme time management leaves little time for actual creativity or innovation to develop."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get rid of the damned timesheets, give employees more freedom to set their own schedules"

"It was a great environment to learn the foundations of advertising"

What do you like about working at Ogilvy and Mather?

"I really enjoyed working in a big agency environment and all the resources and services that we could offer clients. Working in a big agency you get the opportunity to work with multiple personalities and expertise, and it give you a great platform to learn and be challenged daily."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Demonstrate you area able to work independently with minimal supervision and that you are able to work within a team. You also need to demonstrate that you are able to generate ideas and sell those ideas to clients successfully."

What don't you like about working at Ogilvy and Mather?

"Due to the size of the agency at time it took time to change the process flow to ease the turnaround time of campaigns."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To reconsider the process flow and redesign it so that it allows much more flexibility around accommodating clients timings on urgent campaign launches."