Turn and Run - Anonymous employee FINN Partners Employee Review

Response from Peter Finn - Out of respect for people’s feelings and their right to express a point-of-view, we rarely respond to postings on Glassdoor. This case is an exception. Given its content, I know the writer is a former senior administrative employee who was terminated. This review is filled with untruths and diminishes FINN employees, and therefore I must respond. 1) Finn Partners has been named a “Best Place to Work” by the Holmes Report based on feedback received in its survey of our employees, and the results of our annual employee surveys and low employee turnover rates speak to a vibrant and healthy office culture. As the employee who wrote this review never visited most of our offices, it is hard to see how he can offer an informed opinion. And in fact, seven of our offices didn’t even originate from an acquisition. 2) Acquisitions are one important part of our strategy to grow and strengthen our practices areas and build market share where we have offices, and also to enter new geographies. It also has been a vital source of new talent for our agency – talent that has thrived in our collaborative culture. 3) We sometimes over service accounts when we believe it is in the agency’s long-term interest or if we want to invest in the client’s objectives. As a result of placing clients first, our client retention rates are high, as are our levels of client satisfaction. 4) Our rapid growth, the team we have assembled, the many clients we serve, and the many awards we have won since our launch all speak to our management’s ability to build a successful agency. Financially, we have a demonstrated, ongoing commitment to treating our employees fairly. 5) I assure Glassdoor readers that our Founding Managing Partner group is very united. Actions speak louder than words - on average the Founding Managing Partners have worked together for more than 20 years, and no Founding Managing Partner has left the company since inception. Together, we have guided the growth of Finn Partners to be among the top five independent agencies and among the top 25 PR agencies globally. The author of the Glassdoor post was not a Founding Managing Partner, but in the spirit of transparency was invited to sit in on our meetings because of the individual’s senior role in administration. This employee knows that making Finn Partners a best place to work and building an environment in which careers are nurtured and advanced is important to me and is a core agency value. We take Glassdoor feedback to heart. I care very deeply about colleagues’ feedback. It is always welcome and is heard with an open heart. Unfortunately, it is clear from the response that this employee did not share our priorities and our values. Peter Finn