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      3.1

      45% would recommend to a friend

      (306 total reviews)
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      Simon Leslie/Michael Keating

      65% approve of CEO

      52% positive business outlook

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      3.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.0

      Compensation and benefits

      2.9

      Senior management

      2.8

      Culture & values

      2.8

      Work/Life balance

      2.8

      Career opportunities

      Ink has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 306 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ink employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Mídia e comunicação industry (3.7 stars).

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      306 reviews
      1.0
      Aug 8, 2015

      It's not rocket science

      Manager
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You travel . Funky location . What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

      Cons

      Read the reviews . If you are looking for an easy rude this is big the place for you. It's tough here but the rewards are there but you have to be ruthless and think skinned. Yes a lot of the ' positive ' reviews are written by the management and the negatives are written by most of the renaming staff current and ex staff . I was a fabulous member of staff and it is their loss but I wasn't a narcisstic hard baller and i nearly had a break down as a result but that's ok it just wasn't for me . It's not rocket science the rewards are there if you produce- how you are going to do that , well it's inks way or no way. Get out of the kitchen if you can't stand the heat .

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      Ink Response
      9y
      We can agree that sales roles are not for everyone and we understand that. Yes, people sometimes work under pressure and have deadlines, but we found that to be the media industry today. Rewards are there for taking, that’s completely true – we reward all our employees for their hard work on daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis. Not many employers have such an organised or clear reward system in place. We are proud to admit that our employees have won incentive trips around the world, attended Olympics, World Cups, bought their first Dior bags and Rolex watches, had free lunches and time off. But they had all that because they deserved it – they have worked hard to achieve and go beyond their goals. We understand that for some our targets might seem unachievable, but from our experience they are. Working with commitment and teamwork makes it possible. If you dare to dream you dare to achieve!
      1.0
      Nov 15, 2012

      Totally Demoralising Workplace

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very little to say in this section. One or two decent people in the sales and editorial departments.

      Cons

      I could write a book on this. Appalling culture of bullying, sexism, dishonesty and ageism. It is as though this company is trapped in Life On Mars. Any attempt at real achievement and success is soon knocked into pieces by stealth cutting of commission rates. Enormous turnover of employees in revolving door policy. Rumours of editorial staff abusing contractual perks given by airlines for inflight publishing. Not a good company for anybody to consider a long term career in unless you wish to be a "doormat" for middle and senior management.

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      Ink Response
      9y
      Thank you for taking time to tell us about your feedback. We would just like to point out that during the previous year’s Ink has work hard to restructure its business strategies - from recruitment to rewards strategies - and that we are currently experiencing stable period of growth.
      2.0
      Oct 20, 2012

      Overpromised, Underdelivered

      In flight media specialist
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You get to work with some of the best marketers in the region, and the work culture is applaudable. Games every morning and breakfast together once a week build up the teamwork.

      Cons

      They change the commission structure every now and then just to take away as much commission which you deserved as possible. The new "revolution" - making 10 effective calls a day to ensure we get 10% commission is the worst management decision Ink has ever made. It is near impossible, and instead of getting commission of what you sell, you get a miserable 1-2% because of your "effective calls" KPI. I see people quitting the company every week and people who'd been with the company very long quit after the revolution was introduced. The group publishers chase the team for sales like ventures, micromanaged and snooped around the workplace quite often. Not pleasant to have people breathing down your neck constantly for booking at all.

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      Ink Response
      9y
      Thank you for your feedback. We understand that sales environment is fast paced and that management sometimes may require longer working hours, but that is the business today. Unfortunately, today’s competitive environment does not allow global business to blink even for a second. Commission structure at Ink has been consistent, and clear over the last few years, and it’s paid to employees on a monthly basis, providing the accounts have been settled. Our incentives consists of various financial and non-financial awards, and we aim to take all our teams on incentive trips every quarter. We do that to reward performance and show our appreciation, and not because we expect our employees to be grateful or in debt to a company. Like we have mentioned before, many things have changed during the past couple of years and we are now looking at the new stage in our development and success.
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