Directive reviews

2.8

33% would recommend to a friend

(28 total reviews)
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Garrett Mehrguth

36% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

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1.0
Jul 21, 2022

Terrible Company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

competitive salary, unlimited PTO (except it is difficult to take bc of bandwidth issues)

Cons

This company will try to sell you on being a people-first culture, but it could not be further from the truth. I witnessed so many leaders in the company have such a truly awful way of speaking to and treating employees. There is a fear culture running rampant and people are fired left and right. RUN from this company. There are unrealistic goals for people with the ultimate goal of profit over people.

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Directive Response
3y
Hello, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us. Although I truly wish you had found it in your experience here, I hope you find the support and care you're looking for wherever your career leads you. - Mel Dale, Head of People Operations
1.0
Jun 9, 2022

Run

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fair pay and inclusive benefits

Cons

Layoffs/firings - a ton of people are on PIPs and that is the default for correction CEO uses F-Bombs in company wide meetings and practices fear based management (he recently called the company "haters" in a meeting) and the internal response is, "that's just him" Project phase - clients hate it and team hates it and it's expensive - just get to work, it's not a true value prop It's a boys club - about 5 men make all decisions and are super out of touch (this was what the hater's comment was referencing, like come join the club or something)

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Directive Response
4y
Hello, It's never easy to read a review like this, but I'm truly thankful that you took the time to share your experience and perspective with us. I hope that you find success, and a company and marketing product with which you feel a better personal alignment. - Mel Dale, Head of People Operations
3.0
Mar 18, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-smart people -lots of different clients -good pay and benefits -my AD was awesome

Cons

-lack of clear direction -company is constantly in the process of *creating* company culture and process docs which means there is a lot to be desired. There are people ops teams leading these culture charges that are in my opinion totally out of touch. I personally didn’t even know what people ops did or was doing for me, and never saw any tangible benefit. If you aren’t from California you have very little chance of ever connecting with coworkers. -huge emphasis on showing value to clients even when there is none. Branded leads are often tagged as paid search and included in that segmentation in order to make search efforts look better than they are. Saw this in 2/3 accounts -high turnover, 25% of the people I met here as of this date have a new job.

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Directive Response
4y
Hello, We're really happy to hear of all the things you did enjoy, and we appreciate you taking the time to tell us about your experience. Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. - Mel Dale, Head of People Operations
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