Avoid at all Costs..... - Marketing Specialist BDA Employee Review

1.0
May 23, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Company parties are extravagant, but don't make up for all the crap you have to deal with day to day

Cons

Owners are horrible! They are not educated past high school, and it shows in their decision making and leadership decisions. The culture feels like being back in high school complete with cliques, different groups fighting for favor or budget, and no real regard for personal/professional development, or meeting customer needs.

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BDA Response
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We are a creative agency that values our performance culture which is intended to be profitable to support bonus pay. And we live our core values daily which are Team and family, Entrepreneurial spirit, Always strive to be the best, Work hard, play hard, Make it happen, the best way, and of course Total Client Affinity. It’s why our clients and team members continue to engage every day for the win!

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Cons

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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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