Does Burson pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Burson employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Burson. This rating has improved by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Burson?

42% of Burson employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Burson 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Burson?

Account Executive (13) , Account Manager (10) , Account Director (8) , Senior Account Executive (8) , Senior Account Manager (5) , Public Relations Intern (4) , Director (3) , AE (2) , Analyst (2) , Graphic Designer (2) , Vice President (2)

What are the pros of working at Burson according to real employee reviews?

"people are nice" ((in 14 reviews)); "Global mindset, cooperative teams, great high" ((in 5 reviews)); "Friendly work environment (but case" ((in 2 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Burson according to real employee reviews?

"long hours as expected with agencies" ((in 4 reviews)); "Bad pay, terrible comms around redundancies" ((in 4 reviews)); "Management will make a lot of noise about work/life balance, as many companies do, but in practice they make it impossible to maintain." ((in 3 reviews)); "Some sketchy ways of giving out pay, imcompetent leadership who'll hire any intern to cover for not" ((in 3 reviews)); "Lack of work life balance" ((in 3 reviews))

Burson Reviews

3.3

42% would recommend to a friend

(77 total reviews)

22% positive business outlook

Burson has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 77 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Burson employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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77 reviews

5.0

22 Jun 2026

Good culture and chill work, but pay raises lag

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

good company culture not much OT, work is chill people are nice

Cons

pay raise is little clients and projects insufficient

4.0

16 Apr 2026

4 stars

Senior account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good benefits compared with other agencies

Cons

Guess things are a little bit messy due to restructuring

3.0

23 Sept 2025

Corporate Nightmare Fuel

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

1. Great for kickstarting your career in PR. 2. Big name clients that are very recognizable. 3. Global network to connect with for support. 4. Access to working on a wide range of accounts and projects.

Cons

1. Extremely unorganized. Very few streamlined processes across the company. 2. Executive communication is poor - ironic for PR. 3. Junior staff is overworked and underpaid. 4. Unfit, untrained and unprofessional executives running offices. 5. Goalposts are always shifting.

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