Directive reviews

2.8

33% would recommend to a friend

(151 total reviews)
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Garrett Mehrguth

36% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

Directive has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 151 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Directive employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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151 reviews
5.0
Sep 4, 2023

Love it

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very human company, people first

Cons

None! I love working here

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Directive Response
2y
Thank you for your feedback! We're thrilled that you love working at Directive!
1.0
Aug 7, 2023

Read between the lines

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The "People Team" are great folks, they do their best to attend to Employee needs and go above and beyond when life happens with things like gift cards. I truly do get the impression that they care about their work.

Cons

Directive is flailing, and has been for some time. Leadership is more interested in fame and seeming like they're on the bleeding edge, when in reality they still haven't been able to nail down the basics of agency operations. Your work guidance changes constantly, new processes are given little time to actually take hold before new ones replace them. Managers are stressed and take it out on strategists frequently, overloading them with work and then putting them on a PIP when they break under the pressure. Morale is one of fear and "who's next". If you look at other reviews, you can see a lot of "I didn't believe the bad reviews, then I got hired". That's very telling. It's also telling that most recent 5 star reviews are given by contractors.

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Directive Response
2y
Thank you for your feedback and compliment about the People Team here at Directive. We do care about everyone that works here and care about our work. As the Director of Employee Experience, I can assure you that when PIPs happen they are based on performance metrics and nothing else. Our belief is that when an employee's performance isn't meeting our standards, they are owed a conversation to communicate clearly where they need to improve.
1.0
Aug 4, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Directive shares a strong cultural vibe when it comes to the company, the employees and team members are welcoming . The salary is competitive and there is a PTO (unlimited time off) benefit that employees can avail.

Cons

The company is focused purely on revenue, which results in the overall senior management attitude of is Revenue = Human Employee. The senior management can be dismissive of ideas, un-cooperative (Unskilled Senior Managers who are focused on customer relationship building as compared to supporting the team with strategy or functional work). Directive has a specific motive to move into a higher league increasing the client retainer charges. This results into stress and an unbalance in work-life.

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Directive Response
2y
Thank you for the feedback. The COO, VP of Performance, and Directors are always open to ideas of ways we can improve our process. In addition to the open door policy, we solicit feedback during our Employee Engagement survey on ways we can improve workload. Agency life in general can lend itself to longer weeks than other types of marketing, while that’s the case we also want people to use their unlimited PTO benefit and take days off to enjoy life outside of work.
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