Direct Brands, Inc. Reviews

Pros

Loyalty and respect for employees.

Cons

Limited system enhancements and upgrades.

Pros

The work is easy on daily basis.

Cons

The company is down sizing. Full-time opportunity is minimum. No room to growth.

Advice to Senior Management

Need new strategy or marketing direction for company to growth.

Pros

vacation time and daytime hours

Cons

no raises, higher cost of benefits, no retirement plan

Advice to Senior Management

Management needs to look at how the people in the trenchs are treated. There are too many questionable practices .

Pros

The people are great...especially the ones who have been around a while.
Salaries are okay considering the economy.
In general, it's a laid back environment.

Cons

There is a lot of uncertainty about the future longevity of the company (book clubs). The executive management is consumed with business development and not focused at all on operations.

Advice to Senior Management

Get organized and focus on structure. Stop bringing in VP's and bring in people who can get things done.

Pros

Paycheck and truncated benefits. Vacation good. Casual atmosphere. Again, good for a paycheck and minimized medical; otherwise, avoid at all costs -- seriously.

Cons

Senior management. Middle management. Cliques. Lack of intelligence and work experience. Don't care about employees AT ALL. Unfair compensation; very crafty about giving bonuses and great raises to only those they deem fit a certain demographic and who brown nose all day instead of actually working.

Advice to Senior Management

Do the company a favor and recuse yourself -- fire yourselves, and bring in people who know what they're doing.

Pros

good commute location and reasonable hours

Cons

many employees leaving for other opportunities and many recent cuts to employee benefits

Advice to Senior Management

work on employee retention

Pros

Collegial environment, great people to work with (some who have been there for many years).

Cons

Lack of communication between departments
Not many growth opportunities for promotion past entry level positions
Senior management not always clear about direction and goals
Benefits recently reduced

Advice to Senior Management

Be more transparent
Encourage and develop careers by giving employees growth opportunities

Pros

great potential in the product

Cons

no senior management direction or communication

Advice to Senior Management

allow employees to contribute to discussions

Pros

ok if you are co-located with majority of the team members

Cons

poor benefits, pay and no recognition

Advice to Senior Management

n/a

Pros

Vacation & benefits & people

Cons

lack of communication. crazy amount of outsourcing.

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate and cut spending on unnecessary expenses