Cons outweigh the pros - Executive Producer Monks Employee Review

2.0
2 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits were unheard of (good), until they changed them this past year. Remote working is nice. They pay you well if you prove yourself and work extremely hard. Day to day colleagues are good humans.

Cons

Understaffing is an understatement. Production is expected to do four times the amount of work and carry the weight of many departments, including account, even though account has three times the amount of people. Monks is constantly getting in their own way and making their own processes harder on themselves. Working 18 hour days is not enough, if things don't get done, there are still fingers pointed and it's an overall toxic environment where nothing is good enough. Leadership constantly contradicts itself. Refuses to teach their employees about AI but pushes the teams to sell it in. Leaderhsip is constantly investing dollars into projects. Production continues to remind account that the agency should be making money. I have not seen a clear vision or mission statement.

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5.0
5 May 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
8 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The team members who are in the weeds

Cons

* Low pay and lack of career progression. Last year I had my first raise in years but it was a VERY small increase that hasn't improved my quality of life unfortunately. This year they pushed the merit increase by half a year. There isn't a doubt among all of colleagues that this is an intentional move to get more folks to quit / save money. * High employee turnover. * Multiple waves of layoffs and departures since 2024. Lack of communication and planning around layoffs leads to us having to figure out solutions on the fly and it honestly does not seem like that leadership cares about how these layoffs are affecting the CURRENT business. * Rotating door of Execs who have no idea what's going on in the ground. We're just treated like numbers on a spreadsheet.

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