Horrific experience - Anonymous employee DEPT Employee Review

1.0
1 Aug 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There were some high quality people I worked with - that’s about it.

Cons

Where do I even start: 1. Mandating a return to office policy 2. Unlimited PTO but it was frowned upon when used 3. Incapable people in leadership positions 4. No appreciation for managers and no support provided for them 5. Unrealistic expectations from absent management 6. Making decisions that thrash the team around without consulting with people that are boots on the ground 7. Rolling over to clients and not challenging them when appropriate to do so 8. Non-existent career opportunities unless more new business or more client budget is won over

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5.0
11 Dec 2025
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Pros

Lots of individuals that make up many teams from design, copy, motion, production artists, and even full-time strategists.

Cons

I left right before a big merge, so I can't speak to how it is after the merge. This review may be outdated.

1.0
9 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The design team is very talented and kind.

Cons

Very boring agency to work at. They only claim the agency is not doing good, "we don't have money" so no raises, 1.2% merit increases this year. This doesn't even keep up with inflation rate. At this company you will just be a number on a spreadsheet, waiting to get laid off because they would rather use a million different AI than hire any entry level positions. They fail almost every pitch because the leadership is empty-headed, comes in and changes the entire concepts and decks. And they claim they are very transparent and B-corp but they discriminate against POC all the time and lie about your prospects at their company. It's really not worth your nerves to work for them.

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