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
Aug 7, 2021

Don’t work here it’s not worth it.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Had some really nice and fun co-workers, bonded over how ridiculous bad the company was.

Cons

- very low pay ( & they don’t even pay for parking) - no work life balance - poor product - poor management

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Drive Social Media Response
4y
Thanks for the review! Our current company retention rate is at an all-time high on both the client and employee side as a result of all that we've put in to developing our product and making Drive a destination employer for our staff. Best of luck to you in the future! Stephen Nations, DoS
2.0
Nov 12, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-It's good networking, and the pay is reasonable -Good chance for promotion -The people you work with are the reason you stay -Your resume will look amazing after you leave, and you'll be able to take on any job with ease. It's almost like a bootcamp -You will have fun at times

Cons

-It's a typical churn and burn operation. The front entrance to the office is a revolving door, so there will always be extra work as a reward for working efficiently. -There's good opportunity for promotion because whomever is in the position now will probably quit soon. -They seem to primarily hire young people straight out of college so they likely won't know any better how a company should run and wont advocate for themselves. -They are a-okay with racism and sexism even though they market themselves differently. -They'll pressure you to make reviews as a current employee to counter real experiences but won't actually implement things that'll make doing your job easier. Then they'll take the time to blame you for whatever shortcomings the company has. -Forget work-life balance. You will work over 9-hour days on most days without a break, because they schedule meetings over every opportunity to do real work. and they won't like it when you take your entitled break anyway. You get vacation days, but they'll be upset when you take those too. -They change protocols constantly, so you never feel like you know how to do everything. -When you do learn how to do something new, they'll want you to be an expert at that same thing 2 minutes later. -Management is sensitive and needs an ego stroke every hour. HR is unhelpful to employees. - Generally, not a good place if you have a working moral compass; but it is marketing so moral compasses are not required.

1.0
Jul 18, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You will get a vast amount of experience in very little time. Your clients will range from restaurants to clothing brands to plumbers. This experience will help you built your portfolio with good pieces .

Cons

Designers are forced to churn out vast amounts of work in a short time frame at the cost of their mental health. Designers are usually at the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to promotions and general attention but carry most of the burden of creating the actual work. I suggest new designers to get all the experience they can get, pad their portfolios, learn all you can, and then leave. You will get treated better and paid way better any other place. Also, don't believe their bs about the bonus and how it adds to you salary. It wont, and you will be lucky to get a bonus. And if you do get it too often, they will change the rules to make it harder to get that bonus. They changed the rules for the bonuses like 3 times during my time there.

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Drive Social Media Response
2y
I'd invite you to speak to any number of the teams across the country that received a bonus and commission last quarter. If our design isn't high-quality work that incentivizes purchasing intent, it will get sent back after it's created, the designer will feel overworked from having to redo it, the ads won't perform, the team won't bonus, and the designer will feel like it's all fugazi without understanding that this all stems from poor design in the first place. If this job helped you pad your resume to move on to something that's slower-pace and a better fit for you, we're ecstatic for you. We honestly just want everyone to leave better than they came in. Lastly, we can't be picking and choosing clients based on what our creatives think is a "good" or "fun" product. That's not being a good person. All businesses deserve to have strong, impactful marketing — no matter how "boring" they might seem to the creatives. It's our job to help them creatively position themselves in their respective markets.
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