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G/O Digital

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G/O Digital reviews

2.9

41% would recommend to a friend

(152 total reviews)

Tim Fagan

53% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

G/O Digital has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 152 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The G/O Digital employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

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152 reviews
1.0
Apr 17, 2018

Don't do it

Anonymous employee
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Pros

None, this place was a huge mistake in my career.

Cons

Bad idea to even think about this place

2.0
Mar 29, 2018

Start-up like company minus the forward thinking

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Fairly diverse - Startup-like environment - Decent benefits (if you're single) - Good opportunity to work with a variety of different verticals and teams - Would recommend if you're fresh out of college If you're new to marketing, apply, get your experience and leave in two years or so.

Cons

- Slow moving, resistant to necessary changes and innovation - Poor management at the CEO level - Top-heavy decisions from upper management at times feels nonsensical and unwilling to keep up with rapid changes in digital marketing - Too much gatekeeping and hurdles in production processes - Little room for advancement (in fulfillment) unless you're close friends with a team lead or someone in upper management - Double standard in terms of employee performance and expectations compared to other teams - Heavily underpaid compared to local competitors and what they offer - Environment can be immature at times and highly unprofessional Wouldn't recommend if you already have extensive digital marketing experience. You will learn nothing new here (except for what not to do in marketing).

1.0
Jan 4, 2018

Are you a talented digital marketer? Then run.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

They provide lots of unhealthy free snacks in the break room. If you have worked in digital marketing for more than a few months, you will already know more than your team leads and managers, and have great job security. You will meet some wonderful people with great personalities working at the company, and you will all have plenty to talk and bond over venting about how much you hate working here while walking to the nearby Starbucks or to the parking garage. Oh, and the parking garage is sweet for free parking to downtown events (it's like a 10 minute walk from the ballpark).

Cons

If you appreciate fair and competitive compensation, maybe consider working elsewhere. If you are talented and good at your job, you will be under appreciated and undervalued. This company only values account managers and sales reps, as they are the client facing ones, and the only employees who receive recognition and praise throughout the company and during CEO Tim Fagan's all-hands meetings. Also, if you are looking to move your career upwards, G/O Digital is not the place for you. Managers and presidents seem to encourage giving false promises to their employees looking to move up, or sabotaging any lateral movement within the company. Their new thing appears to be rolling out new career paths but not actually opening up jobs to move up those career paths.

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