Pros
There are a ton of different marketing companies and more every day, it seems. I'd have to say that DAP is my favorite so far. First, while my co-workers are all very friendly, I'm not forced to play Two Truths And a Lie every week for 30 minutes. You don't need to facilitate forced bonding when the people you work with just get along and are friendly. My manager cares a lot about burnout which is nice. If she sees my Harvest running beyond 8 hours, she will message me on Slack to log off and rest. The same goes for working on weekends—she is very protective of my time. I appreciate how direct everyone is. Nothing gets lost in the corporate double-speak, and expectations are clear and achievable. I feel like my efforts are actually appreciated, which is pretty different from other firms I've been with. If you need help, you're encouraged to ask and people will set aside time to help you. The compensation is excellent and I've also never had such good insurance before, which is awesome. Lots of room for advancement and ability to grow. And people actually stay at DAP to grow since it's a supportive environment. I'm relieved to be out of the toxic tech fraternity bubbles.
Cons
The standards are high but at the rate I'm paid, I think the standards make sense. Learning to use Harvest and Asana as they do it can be a learning curve but this is also the only job I've had with an actual onboarding period. Lots of cat people.