Pros
I learned a lot about Facebook ads. I learned so much that when I was fired I was able to get my own clients while I looked for a new gig.
Kontras
Where do I start... - They have each media buyer be a customer service rep for their paid course they sell to small businesses. The higher ups tell you to let them know if its too much work, but if you do its a negative point against you because everyone is too afraid to complain and risk getting fired. - They throw random events to build a "culture" and have you in unnecessary meetings throughout the day, but fully expect you to get all of your to-do's done in the 3 hours left of your day. If you don't? You better bring your laptop home because you have to work nights and weekends as well. The CEO has told the media buyers that your work should be your life, but if you factor in your salary and the hours your put in then you are actually getting waaaay underpaid. - Everyone is expected to respond to their slacks quickly after work and always be close to a computer to make changes to your micromanaged ad accounts. Why? Because your manager doesn't trust you to manage them on your own. - Even if your account is doing great and the client is happy good luck getting any recognition for that.. that goes straight to your team leader, who is basically a customer service rep. Team leads get all the praise and salary raises while the people actually in the accounts getting great results do not. - Team leads are not actually qualified to lead a team because they have zero leadership skills. I lead a team of my own now because I was trained to do so. Team Leads at CTC have no training and point fingers / play the blame game when things aren't going good. - Clients are promised the world and when a media buyer falls short of that unrealistic promise then the Media Team is left to handle the client's anger. If the client leaves then the Managers and Higher Ups get involved and everyone gets in trouble. - There are countless other cons, but the bottom line is to STAY AWAY unless you plan to quickly get experience and quit. They typically fire media buyers within the first year. - For the LONG HOURS you put in you're are promised a bonus if your team hits its target revenue goals. However, they make it extremely hard to qualify for the money because you have to do 4 goals a quarter that are "extra" work, bring value to CTC, and are always outside your job description. With all the other things packed into your schedule and the countless hours your spend in accounts Afterhours you have no time to complete these and therfore get no bonus at the end of the year for all the extra money you made CTC. Where does it go?? The owners... go figure...
