I worked at Sanderson & Associates

The company is so small and employee retention is so poor, those just starting their career in PR stand to have a hand in pretty much every part of the process irrespective of the position they were actually hired for. It's possible to learn a lot about the industry this way, just so long as you ignore the owner's advice which dates back to an industry that clearly left her behind decades ago. This truly is a 9-5 job, save for the occasional PR fires you'll have to put out at the end of the day (which are typically exaggerated by her overreactions and name-calling). Sometimes lunch was provided.

Cons

In contrast to early reviews that admonished the owner for not being around enough, the owner has since taken a very active role in the business, micromanaging employees to a fault. The owner fancies herself as being from a bygone era, taking pride in her abrasive manner of getting things done, in turn bashing millennials for some supposed lack of work-ethic, ambition and tenacity. This paints her, in many ways, as a perfect caricature of what it means to be a wealthy, cantankerous owner unwilling to adapt to a rapidly evolving media and industry landscape. Turnover was extensive, a fact which would make most owners question the work environment they've created; not so with this owner, as blame for turnover was entirely placed on those who left. Forced to take a more active role in running the company after senior employees left, the owner routinely blamed current employees for mistakes of her own making. Making productive phone calls, a demand of the job, was impossible, as the owner would routinely scream and holler about whatever was bothering her well within earshot. Apologizing to clients or media over the phone for her outbursts was a common part of the job. To say the owner's demands and moods were arbitrary and ever-changing is an understatement: working here was like being managed by the Mad Hatter. In one minute, she might be angrily asking the office how many media placements everyone has recently received and screaming about an error made by a reporter; the next, she's cackling over a Facebook post and interrupting everyone by demanding that they all stop what they're doing and view the post.