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      Don’t believe the sales pitch - Software Developer Your Creative People Employee Review

      1.0
      2 Jul 2019
      Software developer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Coworkers are the glue of what keeps the place somewhat bearable. Christmas break.

      Cons

      The initial interview was very promising, but all those promises quickly disappeared after being hired. You are promised multiple salary increases through out the year, but that is rarely the case for anyone working there. The Personal Development Plan is a sales tactic to get you in the door. You are offered a lower than market salary and promised being able to make more with the PDP. When you are trying to advance yourself as an employee, you are told that you are not good enough for that yet. During the interview process, you are told you can work remote when needed. There is zero trust with employees so only those who have been there for many years get the option. With every employee that has left, it is always the their fault and that they were not a good fit according to leadership. In reality, most people leave because of the owner. You are expected to be at your desk at all times, even if you need to speak to someone about work related things (you are expected to communicate through Slack). If you are required to learn a new technology, you are required to learn outside of work (you are not paid for it). There is a ton of micromanagement from the top instead of trusting the employees to do what you are hired to do.

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      Your Creative People Response
      6y
      We are sorry to hear that your experience with us wasn't up to expectations. However, we're not sure we understand the details you shared in your review - could you connect with us so we can learn more? Our back end software developers received two cash bonuses and two separate PDP raises for personal development during the last 90-120 days (over $2,500 for each one of the 2 raises) for learning new programming languages on their own time. We are always quick to reward that type of initiative and do more than we promised (one received $1,000/yr. more than we had initially promised in their offer for personal development). We try to go above and beyond to show that we appreciate every teammate's efforts! We also work hard to go over and above to show that we care about the families of our staff. Another developer on our team received an immediate raise of $3,600/yr. after sharing a specific family medical situation with us. Every team member is offered the option to work from home as needed (we do ask they be available via Slack in case a client has an emergency). In the last two weeks 20% of our team worked from home for different reasons. We don't offer full-time remote positions at this time but on average we probably have someone work from home once a week or so as life happens. :-) If you have any questions we would be happy to take you to lunch so we can understand your concerns and make right anything you felt wronged you. Please reach out. Thanks!

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      5.0
      17 Dec 2021
      Art director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      I'll tell you why I'm frustrated in a moment but before that, I want to mention that this is seriously a great place to work and no one asked me to write this review. So please don't listen to the few disgruntled employees. There is always a different side to every story. The internet tends to skew reality because people can hide their identity and make jabbing comments without context. I've been self-employed for the past 10yrs before coming to work at YCP. There has always been this lingering fear that getting a job would be a step back or that I would somehow lose my freedom. However, this has been the complete opposite for me and I've been able to do both! So why am I frustrated? I'm frustrated because I listened to those thoughts in my head before giving this place a shot. I'm frustrated because I didn't join this place sooner! After coming to work here it has seriously been a breath of fresh air for me and my family. The people at YCP are such a pleasure to work with! They care deeply about people and they have a moral compass about where they are going! As a dad of 4 kids I can say the work/life balance here is really nice! Most agencies make you take work home or work crazy hours to meet ridiculous deadlines. That has been the exact opposite from my experience. The atmosphere is fun, laid back and easy going. Don't get me wrong, we get our work done and do things with excellence. If you love The Office (the show), you like Coffee, you do great work, and you don't take yourself too serious - You will THRIVE here!!!

      Cons

      The guy next to me sometimes brings in his stinky egg salad sandwich to work and takes slow agonizing bites throughout the day. I've been telling HR but no one is listening to me. Chill, I am being sarcastic but it's kind of true. ;)

      1.0
      30 Mar 2025
      Associate creative director
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Some of the team members are quality individuals, and are enjoyable to work with.

      Cons

      If you are a creative, this is not a place to thrive.

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      Your Creative People Response
      10mo
      Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective. We’re always striving to provide clarity and transparency about the expectations of our roles and the opportunities available to our team members. When you joined our team, you understood you would be stepping into a senior creative leadership position, one with a clear job description that required strong skills across digital design, branding, and campaign development—core areas of our agency’s client work. While you presented yourself as multi-faceted in these areas, once you joined, it became clear your skills were primarily limited to smaller graphic design projects which limited your effectiveness for our clients. We worked with you for a year, but your skills created significant gaps in client delivery (often missing deadlines or delivering to the wire) and required each of our other three team leads to step in at various times to cover gaps or to coach you through feedback. They had to juggle their roles and some of yours. We provided multiple opportunities for growth, including a 90-day formal development plan with creative coaching sessions from an experienced Creative Director and consistent feedback. Unfortunately, the required improvements weren’t met within that timeframe, even after extending to you an extra month. As a final help, we offered you an alternative designer role on the team with adjusted expectations, which you declined. Ultimately, for the sake of our clients and team, we needed to bring in a new Creative Director, who has since been successful in the role now for several years. We regret that the role didn’t work out as originally intended. Our business relies on delivering top-quality creative work for our clients, and maintaining that standard is central to our values. We wish you the best in your future career endeavors!
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