Digitas Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Digitas as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – The people working at Digitas are bright, well-educated motivated people. The clients that Digitas works with are all A-class brands and this lends to some of the fun of working with well-known established brands. The Downtown Boston location is very convenient and lively.

Cons – Digitas is not really a creative agency. It is more like a money-driven advertising industry, so there is pressure to crank out a large volume of work. That is what the clients pay for so it should not be too much of a surprise.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Digitas full-time for less than a year

Pros – Amazing people, fun environment, tons of parties, motivated culture, ambitious for new business, encouraging to young creatives, the most fun a job can be

Cons – Long hours, segregated accounts. The management can be tough, but it's for good reason. They push you to be better. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep being amazing.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Digitas full-time for less than a year

Pros – Smart people, good internal systems, good profit controls and everything is done on purpose.

Cons – Bureaucratic, paralyzing internal systems (thank you Publicis), and fear of clients results in account peopel driving the bus with one purpose - to give the client what they want even when it's not in their own best interest.

Advice to Senior Management – Do what's right, smart, and you know in your heart will work and the cleint will follow.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Digitas full-time for more than a year

Pros – Tons of resources and access to new tools and industries, a flexible work schedule in an environment where you're surround by smart and highly driven people

Cons – They underpay and promotions are pretty hard to come by. Focus on individual development and growth is severely lacking. For this reason, Digitas is a great place to start when you're just starting your career to gather some valuable skills and experience, but they won't try very hard to keep you around once you're above entry-level.

Advice to Senior Management – More focus on individual development might help with turnover

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Digitas full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – The people are really nice, and very smart. I learned a lot, and felt challenged by the work.

Cons – The company is pretty big, and agencies that large it can feel like senior management loses sight of the work, and is driven by the bottom line.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Digitas full-time for less than a year

Pros – Working with cool brands, being part of something creative.

Cons – This is by far the worst experience I've had with any company. People are numbers to them and people get let go daily since they "don't need them anymore". HR is also the worst I've seen in any company and unless you are part of their in crowd you can expect to be weeded out. This company will never make you truly feel welcome.

Advice to Senior Management – They would never listen anyways, no need to put anything here.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Digitas full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great corporate culture and understands the needs of families.

Cons – The creative wasn't groundbreaking but we did good work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Digitas

Pros – Trained an entire generation of digital analysts
Training is comprehensive
Dashboarding/Decks are impressive

Cons – Horrible culture. (fake cool people, probably not popular in hs)
Too many nerds
Management doesn't care how long you work and often replies with 'You're not managing your time correctly.' Such a cop out

Advice to Senior Management – Start caring about the little guy's time.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Digitas full-time for less than a year

Pros – This isn't a sweat shop. You can have a pretty normal work/life balance here. In my experience, the pay is higher than average and the benefits are great.

Cons – This office is completely uninspiring. The management loves to throw around buzzwords but they're still stuck in the "banner ad" era. It's a very corporate atmosphere, lacking any personality. Creativity isn't admired. Women and minorities seem to be almost completely absent from management levels, especially in the creative department.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't be so afraid. If you're going to be a top agency you'll need to take risks. Focus on the big idea and the clients will come.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Digitas full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Coworkers were fantastic until everyone started to leave from exhaustion.

Cons – Long hours. Broken creative process.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your teams and get back to promoting and rewarding from within.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend