Seriously. Don't do it. - Anonymous employee Monks Employee Review

1.0
6 Jun 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Solid healthcare benefits for an agency. - A few talented, kind people doing their best in a deeply broken system.

Cons

This place is not what it pretends to be. What looks like a forward-thinking, agency from the outside is actually a chaotic, toxic holding company stitched together from dozens of acquisitions with no real integration, values, or leadership. - Layoffs happen constantly and without warning. One minute you're collaborating with a teammate, the next they're deactivated in Slack mid-project, and leadership pretends nothing happened. No explanation, no transparency, no humanity. It’s real-life Hunger Games. -Fear is the dominant culture. Everyone is walking on eggshells, unsure if their role will exist next week. The whisper network is stronger than any official communication. - Leadership is reckless and unprofessional. The CEO regularly sends all-staff "Sunday night emails" — rambling rants often laced with political opinions. No boundaries. Just pure ego. - There’s no strategy. Just buzzwords and fire drills. Teams work in silos, projects stall, and leadership points fingers instead of taking responsibility. - There’s an Instagram account dedicated to exposing the mess here — and sadly, it’s accurate. - The financials speak volumes. Look up S4 Capital’s stock performance. That’s your red flag in plain sight.

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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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