Directive reviews

Directive only cares about one thing and one things only: THEMSELVES. At the end of the day, the CEO and management only wants people who are going to work 24/7 for them. If you are thinking of building a life outside of work do not, I REPEAT, do not work here. They will use you until you are useless to them. I worked at Directive and grew throughout my department only to have my CEO and management team tell me that I needed to do more because I wasn't doing enough. I'm sorry, what? I solely assisted them with the project phase of our clients and did the best I could within my 8hrs of work. Unfortunately, for Directive, 8hrs of hard work is not good enough. You are expected to do HOMEWORK. By homework, I am referring to working late hours on projects the CEO invents and decides to push over to the team without even consulting anyone to see if this will 1) fit within the department's capacity 2) makes sense for the company as whole and 3) MAKES SENSE FOR THE COMPANY AS A WHOLE. When I tell you they don't care, it's because they really don't. Directive apparently offers "unlimited PTO/sick days", but throughout my time with this toxic company, there was no such thing. If you choose to take a PTO or sick day, get ready to work double to be able to take some days off. Ah, not to mention, if you DON'T take any PTO, get ready to take on the work from people who will be taking PTO (the ones who can take PTO without working OT are the leads and the people in the management team). Directive's CEO needs a good old wake-up call because he expects his employees to work as hard as he does without getting paid the salary he does. CEO, this is YOUR company. Stop trying to force people to work as hard as you would. You should be working harder! As I said, THIS IS YOUR COMPANY. No one else has stocks within this company except for YOU and the management team! Here's my advice to people who are considering this place, AVOID IT AT ALL COST. You are smart and capable of finding something else. Don't buy into what they sell online. They are the opposite of an "anti-agency". Stay clear. But if you are someone that needs to feel valued by what they do for a living and needs to be working all the time to feel like they achieved something in this world than yes this place is made exactly for you.

They recently removed their "Unlimited PTO" benefit because - get this - people were taking vacations! WOW. The CEO said that they're changing it to a 3 week soft cap (WTF is that?! You can't put a "soft cap" on "UNLIMITED PTO". Stop acting like you care and just don't offer it!) He also announced that if you take 3 weeks every year it will and I QUOTE "it will look bad on you". 3 weeks of mental/physical vacay A YEAR will look bad on you, but you were just offering unlimited PTO?! Well, if that doesn't just say everything about management... but wait! There's more! 
 You're expected to overload yourself and work weekends. That's not an exaggeration. If you're good at your job they'll keep adding to your workload and say "You can handle it" - not out of support, but because they know they can. If you push back, be prepared to be lectured on the famous "if you want to grow in this company" speech. 
 The internal yearly reviews are a joke. Employees have complained about their workloads for over 2 years now and they still refuse to change the system. Your best employees are leaving because you're not listening to them. Don't you get it yet? Employees don't leave jobs, they leave leaders. 
 There is extremely obvious favoritism. Your employees are not stupid, we see everything and we all talk to one another. We know what's going on, who's not doing what, and who's taking credit for other people's work. 
 Verbally abusive one on one reviews. Management, I suggest you send your directors to management training because most of them have never managed anyone, let alone a whole team, and it shows. They need to understand that their title isn't "King/Queen". They're supposed to be leaders. Start acting as such. 
 Overall, my advice to anyone who is trying to get into the digital marketing space is to avoid Directive. If you want a work/life balance DEFINITELY avoid Directive at all costs. Don't be fooled by the pretty 5 star reviews that are filled with false claims of an "open door policy", only up to 5-6 accounts each, respect, vacation time, the option of working remotely, and great management. Understanding what goes on behind the curtain and knowing that the benefits listed and the 5-star reviews on this page are all written by management or were asked to be written by management -- is absolutely hilarious.