Beautiful on the outside but ugly on the inside - Manager BDA Employee Review

3.0
Feb 21, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good for fresh graduates and those that just want to do a job for the sake of getting some experience

Cons

You are just a cog in the machine - no real concern for employee value whatsoever. The people that stay are those that are chummy with the executives -- not the most talented ones. Big time nepotism... the top execs are all related to each other. Also, this is the first company where the top execs act like frat boys

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While most employees thrive at BDA and continue to share their positive experiences on Glassdoor, we are sorry to hear your experience was not the same.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Mar 31, 2026
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Pros

- Decent base salary if this is your first job out of University. - Free Swag - WFH Fridays - Smart and helpful colleagues

Cons

- Incredibly stressful, do NOT take this job if you do not have a high stress tolerance. - A ton of competing priorities that almost always require quick/immediate action. - You get a ton of emails and are expected to be able to pull up and reference any of them at a moments notice. - Constant whiplash between doing deep, focused work (presentation/catalogs) that have a ton of details and require your full attention versus quick/rapid fire tasks that you must address immediately. There were days where I was working on one presentation all day and couldn't get it done because of how much I was getting pinged to resolve other issues. - To get promoted you must essentially do the job of 2 people (CSC and PSA). Beyond that, there is no real career progression unless you want to go into sales. - Management always says to raise your hand if you need help. But when you ask for help, there is always pushback in the form of others having more task hours than you. - CEO took away one of the WFH days. When Qualtrics had negative feedback he essentially said "If you don't like it - then leave". He is a "Do as I say, not as I do." type of leader. - Workload and responsibilities are not commiserate to the salary.

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