Direct Partners Reviews

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

Pros – A family oriented feel. Employees usually stay around for years!

Cons – You wear many different hats with limited resources.

Advice to Senior Management – Invest in good resources and charge client's what the agency's work is worth.

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

Current Employee – been working at Direct Partners

Pros – The people are fantastic and totally dedicated to excellent work.

Cons – Hours can be tough. Weekends sometimes.

Advice to Senior Management – Give us more of a vision of the future.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Direct Partners

Pros – Open communications, always developing new services and technologies. Work hard play hard. Management is very loyal to people who have been at the company for a long time.
Dogs roaming the halls. They love dogs.

Cons – Some politics between departments and locations. Lack of focus on what services and clients to say NO to.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on your core strengths and innovate their. Don't get to far afield.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Direct Partners

Pros – Variety of clients, small team environment provides for great collaboration and production of work, location, benefits.

Cons – Upper management out of touch with the people who are doing the work. No respect for the creative process. Most managers at the company can be characterized as mediocre at best, often lacking in leadership and communication skills.

Advice to Senior Management – Connect with your employees - communicate openly and honestly.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Direct Partners

Pros – Small size lends itself to decent learning environment. Great people.

Cons – Low pay. Long hours, No respect or communication from upper managment. Little to no opportunity for promotion or raises or personal growth. Poor morale.

Advice to Senior Management – Take the time to invest in your employees. They are the reason DP is still here.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Direct Partners

Pros – Direct Partners in SF is a relaxed work environment.

Cons – Direct Partners in SF is sometimes too quiet

Current Employee – been working at Direct Partners

Pros – dogs and lots of lunches and parties

Cons – bad reputation in the industry, they keep clients for a long time but gain none in the past 2 to 3 years. lots of nepotism.

Advice to Senior Management – quit

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Direct Partners

Pros – People are really nice
Great hours (come in at 9:30, leave by 6:30 daily)
Passionate employees
dogs
fun office activities and relaxed environment

Cons – I find it hilarious that the same week they laid off a host of employees, their approval rating shot through the roof. Fishy reviews.

The senior management is overpaid, underqualified and elitist. They don't respect their employees that do the work. I can not overemphasize the lack of respect. There is some level of loyalty to those who are in "the club", and unless you are in, you aren't valued. If you are in the club, its a golden ticket and great ride. Overall, a highly frustrating place of employment with little to no room for personal or career growth.

The clients are always on the verge of leaving, so job security is always questionable. They don't charge enough for the work they do, so if one client leaves, the whole place could crumble.

Advice to Senior Management – Respect your employees that do the work, remove the arrogance and lead by example. Your employees don't trust you, rightfully so.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Direct Partners

Pros – great people, fun atmosphere, interesting projects. Management always has good ideas. The location is great being next to the beach.

Cons – little room for growth, projects get delayed and put on hold, poor work/life balance for some people, limited space for some people

Advice to Senior Management – Overall management does a good job. I would recommend investing more in the technology department in order to produce higher quality work.

Current Employee – been working at Direct Partners

Pros – the cool thing about this place is that you can bring your dog to work.

Cons – corporate nepotism rules here. the rest of the employees are treated very poorly here with very little respect. the upper management is incompetent and refuses to be up front with the employees. there are no employee reviews, so people do not even realize that they are doing a bad job. change and new ideas are shunned, and this is not a well-respected agency in the advertising world. the clients are overcharged and lied to constantly. corporate nepotism rules here.

Advice to Senior Management – treat your employees with more respect. hold employee reviews. be more transparent with the company's finances. don't play favorites, and don't talk down to younger employees just because of their age.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend