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Ticker Symbol Entity Name As Of Date Review Url Logo Company Author Title Author Location Author Country Summary Description PROs CONs Recommends Value Recommends Description Outlook Value Outlook Description CEO Review Value CEO Review Description Helpful Count Rating: Overall Rating: Work/Life Balance Rating: Culture & Values Rating: Career Opportunities Rating: Comp & Benefits Rating: Senior Management Rating: Diversity & Inclusion Company Id Company URL Advice to Management Not Helpful Count Employer Responses Employer Status Is featured? Is current job? Job Ending Year Length of Employment Company Website Company Industry Id Company Sector Id Date Added Date Updated Company Name Sector Industry
private:clsstrategies https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=241477 Nov 11th, 2020 12:00AM Open Open CLS Strategies Associate Washington, DC Great place to start as your first job It's a small firm, around 40 employees so you get to know your coworkers really well and they're a great group of people. You're also thrown into a lot of different accounts covering a wide range of communication areas so it's a fantastic place to get your feet wet into the world of communications where you learn a lot. The pay is less than ideal, especially compared to similar comms firms around DC. Staff is overworked and associates regularly work 10-12 hour days, which is expected by senior staff. Lack of personal/work life balance. 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 241477 Open 0.0 [] REGULAR No Yes 0.0 Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM CLS Strategies
private:clsstrategies https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=241477 Oct 1st, 2020 12:00AM Open Open CLS Strategies Communication Officer Greece GRC Communication Bias to action, salaries,motivation, innovative ideas Work pressure, long hours working 0.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 241477 Open 0.0 [] REGULAR No Yes 0.0 Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM CLS Strategies
private:clsstrategies https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=241477 Jul 10th, 2018 12:00AM Open Open CLS Strategies United States USA Interesting client work, but things can improve internally - big names to work with and really interesting client work - collegiate environment with smart and hardworking colleagues - big divide between staff and senior management - lack of diversity in leadership - there's a bit of age discrimination--if you're younger than 40 and especially a woman, your worth is undermined at the company until you prove others wrong - small, which can both be a pro and a con --but becomes a con when senior management is also trying to run the company while juggling client work, which can get disastrous 0.0 NEUTRAL 1.0 APPROVE 0.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 241477 Open - hire more staff who are capable of running the admin side of things so when junior staff need their help, it doesn't become a dramatic family feud ordeal with senior management getting involved from the get-go - learn to trust your staff, you hired them so let them shine - hire more within the company; hire more female staff in management roles - communicate more often with staff - clients are important to the business, but sometimes, you have to stand up for your staff every once in a while--if not, the whole idea of CLS being a "family" becomes nonsense 0.0 [] REGULAR No No 0.0 Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM CLS Strategies
private:clsstrategies https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=241477 May 9th, 2018 12:00AM Open Open CLS Strategies United States USA Associate Get to work with smart people. Not a lot of flexibility in the office. -1.0 NEGATIVE 1.0 POSITIVE 0.0 NO_OPINION 0.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 241477 Open Create more flexibility work arrangements for staff. 0.0 [] REGULAR No No 0.0 Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM CLS Strategies
private:clsstrategies https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=241477 Jan 13th, 2018 12:00AM Open Open CLS Strategies United States USA Research Associate Great work environment, good exposure to top level management Limited opportunities to advance rapidly 1.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 241477 Open 0.0 [] REGULAR No No 0.0 Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM CLS Strategies
private:clsstrategies https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=241477 Jun 20th, 2016 12:00AM Open Open CLS Strategies United States USA Work hard and get rewarded Smart people. Everyone works hard. Collegial and collaborative environment. You will learn a lot, particularly if you are more junior. Not a typical vapid PR firm ... try to be more strategic for clients. Everyone is busy ... not the job if you want laid-back bankers hours. Some clients more difficult than others, but you find that anywhere. 1.0 POSITIVE 1.0 POSITIVE 1.0 APPROVE 1.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 241477 Open 0.0 [] No Yes 0.0 Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM CLS Strategies
private:clsstrategies https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=241477 Jun 15th, 2016 12:00AM Open Open CLS Strategies Venezuela VEN Great Place to Start your Career CLS is a great place to start your carer. There is a lot of room to grow. You learn a lot about different industries. They have a lot of interesting clients and you get to do substantial work even at an entry-level position. Sometimes the office environment is very stressful. 1.0 POSITIVE 1.0 POSITIVE 1.0 APPROVE 0.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 3.0 5.0 241477 Open 0.0 [] No No 0.0 Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM CLS Strategies
private:clsstrategies https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=241477 May 19th, 2016 12:00AM Open Open CLS Strategies Washington, DC Tough environment CLS is really good at keeping their clients happy. They produce good work and have staff from many different walks of life who have a good perspective on communications and DC policy areas. And the kitchen has a margarita machine. CLS is not good at keeping their employees happy. People are overwhelmed, overworked, and frustrated with the constant turnover -- more than half the staff has turned over in the past year. Junior staff are expected to complete mundane tasks with little to no time to do them because they are always being asked to fill in on work that is well above their level; senior staff maintain a very clique-y nature that means you're either one of the cool kids or you get pushed out. It is a culture dominated by white men -- even though the majority of staff are female, the top two levels of management are entirely white men, so the lack of diversity is very apparent. There's very little transparency with lower-level staff and people often know that they are being whispered about behind each others' backs. And they never actually use the margarita machine. -1.0 NEGATIVE -1.0 NEGATIVE 0.0 NO_OPINION 0.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 2.0 241477 Open Focus on staff retention and bonding so that people don't keep leaving and you can stop worrying about hiring and training new people. Make sure people feel appreciated, both by saying thank you and by paying them competitively -- we know your retainer and spend money on behalf of the firm all the time, so we know the lack of pay equity present. There are so many good people at CLS -- all you need to do is channel that and it could become a really great place to work. 0.0 [] No No 1.0 Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM CLS Strategies
private:clsstrategies https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=241477 Apr 9th, 2016 12:00AM Open Open CLS Strategies United States USA Managing Director Challenging interesting clients, collegial staff No room for advancement beyond MD unless you can bring in business. No diversity, no female leadership 1.0 POSITIVE 1.0 POSITIVE 1.0 APPROVE 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 241477 Open Appreciate and recognize excellence outside new biz generation for promotion 0.0 [] REGULAR No No 6.0 Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM CLS Strategies
private:clsstrategies https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=241477 Sep 30th, 2015 12:00AM Open Open CLS Strategies United States USA Good Place to Grow Definitely a great place to be an Associate/SA/MA. You get to work on a variety of accounts and industries which is crucial. One or two Partners/SVPs are really not great to work with. You encounter that at every firm but there are a couple of eggs that are especially rotten which is why they lose a lot of talented SA/MA level individuals. 1.0 POSITIVE 1.0 POSITIVE 1.0 APPROVE 0.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 2.0 241477 Open They need to change their new business strategy. Taking the same six people to every pitch is not a good strategy and doesn't reflect the actual team. 0.0 [] REGULAR No No 0.0 Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM Jan 18th, 2021 07:41PM CLS Strategies

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