FleishmanHillard reviews

FHSF's leadership is not transparent, and the people who work the longest and hardest (often the junior and mid-level staff) are made to feel small by the agency's senior leadership. The agency invests very little in its people, despite lip service to the contrary - from a skills development perspective, and from a financial perspective. Junior staff are trained by other junior staff because there is tremendous pressure for all staff below the SVP level to be highly billable, and SVPs are off looking for new business and most are either detached/not heavily involved with the day-to-day account work. The end result of this is that junior staff do not have great development opportunities (they are involved in tactical work, primarily, because very few FHers at senior levels take the time to teach them to perform at a higher level), and mid-level staff are stretched too thin because they are expected to heavily edit the work done by junior staff in order to make entry-level work worth the high price tag charged to clients. Work-life balance for mid-level staff is not sustainable, given the pressure to be available and respond in real-time to clients and the FH junior team members at all hours of the day. The senior staff at this agency is very arrogant, and they seem blind to the pressures put on mid-level staff, even when it is brought to their attention. The good old boys network is also alive and well at the SF office.

John Saunders (CEO) sent an email saying all employees must come back to the office 3-days a week, citing “culture and productivity” as the reason. No consultation was done with employees or individual offices. No one is happy with the decision and people are going to leave FleishmanHillard as a result. John then sent an email accusing people of using sick days inappropriately. The email was rude and shows no trust in the team. Everyone is disappointed that leadership have allowed these two emails to be sent. The culture is declining rapidly. Reconsider continuing the interview process or applying for FleishmanHillard in 2023.