Digitas reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(1,897 total reviews)

Michael Kahn

63% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Digitas has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 1,897 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Digitas employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
Dec 5, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The Detroit office used to be the most talented agency in the area. There are still a number of talented, high-caliber individuals in this office. The demands of supporting GM brings a very challenging environment.

Cons

Lack of professionalism is being perpetuated by middle management. In a very competitive environment, there is a continuing downward slide in integrity and trustworthiness. Also, in an effort to keep up with client demands for staffing, Digitas has diluted the talent pool over the last couple of years.

4.0
Dec 4, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Professional, organized, great at getting and keeping business. You can learn a lot from the people here. Lots of focus on career development, they really take this very seriously here, and make it clear that you have options to move laterally within the company if you are not thriving in your current position. They seem to be weathering the economic crisis very well and have a wide range of customers. They take a very long range approach to clients, trying to always be the agency on record (unlike many smaller shops, that tend to do one off projects and suffer enormously when economy tanks)

Cons

Junior people seem to go through the mill rather quickly and get burned out and bail in first year. The company can ask a lot, and if you're not used to setting limits you can get used up. It seems like sometimes senior management looks the other way while the kids are putting in massive hours per week. Happiness can be quite variable, depending on which group/project you are on. Some teams are ultra pro, some are pure monkey chaos and to be avoided at all costs. (But even monkey chaos here is better than I've seen at many other shops!) Senior people tend to have an easier time here.

4.0
Dec 3, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Digitas is pretty good at hiring smart people. With only one exception, everyone I have worked with was good at their job! The culture is great - non competitive, but people take their work seriously. Things like community service day are really well executed, fun, and meaningful. As a recent college grad I learned a lot quickly about how to navigate and get stuff done in a large organization. The GDP goals program makes sure that managers have to spend time with you, which is good. Diversity seems to be a priority, with women and minorities in highly visible leadership and management positions. This isn't a 50s style "boys club" mad. ave ad agency. But I can't emphasize this enough: people, really good people.

Cons

However, the rigid 6 month promotion / raise cycle makes it hard to advance quickly. If you miss your promotion, but would have been ready in a month, you get screwed. Also: Long hours. Really long hours.

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