Agora Financial Reviews
51% would recommend to a friend
(84 total reviews)
Addison Wiggin
28% approve of CEO
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- "training was helpful, and those around you are willing to help, good work environment" (in 7 reviews)
- "Amazing People" (in 5 reviews)
- "Great benefits" (in 4 reviews)
- "Creative Freedom" (in 3 reviews)
- "life balance, busy work, good support from upper management, good training, good opportunity to advance" (in 3 reviews)
- "Poor management, company is based on lies" (in 10 reviews)
- "The job was awesome but the pay wasn't that great." (in 7 reviews)
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Found 84 of over 95 reviews
Updated Jan 26, 2024
- 5.0Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee
Pros
Great info about copywriting really liked working here
Cons
Hard to advanced career here
- 4.0Graphic DesignerFormer Employee, more than 3 yearsBaltimore, MD
Pros
Relaxed work environment, as long as work gets done on time, there's not a lot of pressure. Nobody's micromanaging you if you're punctual.
Cons
The pay was a little less than the cost of living in baltimore.
- 3.0IT CoordinatorFormer Employee, more than 3 yearsHouston, MS
Pros
Good benefits at this company
Cons
Poor Life balance here at company
- 5.0Junior CopywriterFormer Employee, less than 1 yearBaltimore, MD
Pros
Base salary is enough to live on, with potential for commissions based on your copy's performance, usually $1/FE sale and 1% of BE deals, with the numbers increasing once you reach a certain threshold. Training and opportunities for you copy to shine are top-notch.
Cons
I felt there wasn't enough covered in the training about the logistics of a promotion specifically at the company (working with editorial, legal, production, etc.)
- 1.0MarketingFormer Employee, less than 1 yearBaltimore, MD
Pros
free coffee is served on the job
Cons
very unethical place to work
- 2.0Customer Service Manager (CSM)Former Employee, less than 1 yearHunt Valley, MD
Pros
In office facilities, coffee, ice
Cons
Management, poor pay, not a lot of support
- 1.0CopywriterFormer Employee, more than 1 year
Pros
AF, which I believe has now changed its name to dodge the negative association of all the complaints from customers and the FCC lawsuit, was at the time I was there a highly sought after place to learn copywriting. There are some excellent people to learn from, although I don't know how many of them are still around. I hear there was an exodus of key people after some layoffs occurred in 2021.
Cons
Hardcore bro culture. This place is so heavily male dominated I wouldn't recommend it for a female.
- 3.0Product ManagerFormer Employee, more than 1 yearBaltimore, MD
Pros
meritocracy. if you work hard you'll get noticed
Cons
they expect a lot from you and prefer if you don't submit your overtime, just hustle
1 - 2.0Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee
Pros
Cool office buildings Able to do your own thing without micromanagement.
Cons
You’ll hear a lot of talk that the FTC judgement is what killed the company. That is partially true. The real seeds of destruction were sown when company hire-ups decided to take an extremely successful company and split it into three different imprints for no reason. Letting copywriters instead of actual businesspeople run those imprints was a massive disaster.
4 - 3.0Sales ExecutiveFormer Employee, more than 3 yearsBaltimore, MD
Pros
Heavy Commission Opportunity, Annual Reviews were helpful
Cons
False Advertising, A lot of turnaround
Agora Financial Reviews FAQs
- Agora Financial has an overall rating of 2.9 out of 5, based on over 95 reviews left anonymously by employees. 51% of employees would recommend working at Agora Financial to a friend and 20% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 9% over the last 12 months.
- 51% of Agora Financial employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Agora Financial 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.
- According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Agora Financial to be career development, benefits, culture and the cons to be senior leadership, diversity and inclusion, management.
