Drive Social Media reviews

3.1

51% would recommend to a friend

(228 total reviews)
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Garrett Bruce

65% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Drive Social Media has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 228 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Drive Social Media 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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228 reviews
1.0
Jul 6, 2022

Stay far away and dont work here

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Making friends who share your misery

Cons

- the CEO is a complete bully. Don’t worry, he has a couple of lambos but he pays his employees next to nothing. Like can’t afford rent money. -they promote “bros” and people that party with them instead of the best person for the job. - does not care about it’s pple. At all. Unless you’re one of like 5 people who sucked up hard to get to the top and sacrificed your life for it. - work life balance is not a thing. And even when you do a good job, they will tear you down and make you feel small just because they have a power struggle issue and can’t praise anyone.

1.0
Feb 18, 2019

Absolute Dumpster Fire

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Relaxed Environment, Social work life

Cons

Little to no consistency in leadership or management, Constant trash talking of almost every employee and little to no gratitude for work unless you are a brown-noser.

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Drive Social Media Response
7y
Thanks for the feedback. I want to address these individually. As far as consistency goes, what you've described is the nature of the beast with a fast-growing organization, not to mention the fact that we're in an industry that is consistently evolving. We're constantly learning new things, improving our processes, creating new technologies, and embracing new opportunities. There's a difference between trash talk, and direct, open feedback. We don't hesitate to address learning opportunities as we see our employees develop much more quickly when we don't mince words or sacrifice coaching opportunities for the sake of avoiding a tough conversation. Many people thrive in this environment, but not everyone, which we understand. We are a meritocracy and our organizational hierarchy is based 100% on ability and track record. The leadership team is composed of about 50/50 Drive veterans who have succeeded and worked their way up through the company AND high-achieving individuals that have had success in other organizations. We wouldn't be able to grow at the rate we are with under-qualified people leading the charge. We are always looking to improve and would love to get specific feedback around these areas. Please feel free to reach out to myself or anyone else in the organization to talk some more so that we can make every employee's time here a positive experience. -Stephen
1.0
Aug 8, 2023

Good learning experience

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people at the pod level/ground floor are great, generally very friendly and helpful. You can learn a lot from your coworkers, and the high stress environment can help you learn to adapt quickly. It's an okay stepping stone job if you're just trying to get into any of the industries their employees work in (Ads, video/photo, graphic design, copywriting, project management, client relations, etc.)

Cons

The "leadership" and higher level management is straight up bad. They have no idea how their business works or how anything actually gets made. Leading directly to a disconnect between them and their employees that they have no interest in fixing. Leadership creates problems they refuse to fix, and delegate their jobs to their subordinates who inevitably quit, leading to the alarming turnover rate at Drive. The whole company is a revolving door, in which they continually hire new waves of people to replace dozens of people who quit every month. They also pay lower than market price for almost every position, so if you're deciding between this company and another, don't choose Drive. You will be underpaid, overworked, and undervalued. Also, don't believe most of the positive reviews here, ~90% of them were left by people who left after half a year of working here.

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