Great People, mediocre culture and work experience - Paid Media Strategist Directive Employee Review

3.0
Mar 18, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

-smart people -lots of different clients -good pay and benefits -my AD was awesome

Cons

-lack of clear direction -company is constantly in the process of *creating* company culture and process docs which means there is a lot to be desired. There are people ops teams leading these culture charges that are in my opinion totally out of touch. I personally didn’t even know what people ops did or was doing for me, and never saw any tangible benefit. If you aren’t from California you have very little chance of ever connecting with coworkers. -huge emphasis on showing value to clients even when there is none. Branded leads are often tagged as paid search and included in that segmentation in order to make search efforts look better than they are. Saw this in 2/3 accounts -high turnover, 25% of the people I met here as of this date have a new job.

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Hello, We're really happy to hear of all the things you did enjoy, and we appreciate you taking the time to tell us about your experience. Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. - Mel Dale, Head of People Operations

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