Dominion Enterprises Reviews

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

Pros – Good Work environment, benefits, training. Good place to startup.

Cons – I don't see any cons.

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

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

Pros – The management team knows there is room for improvement and is making positive strides to create change. The culture is very entrepreneurial. The people and offices are great. Lots of room for advancement.

Cons – Some policies are just plain dumb. There are a lot of people there that don't get the new direction and need to get flushed out. The company is still transitioning from print and the cultural and business changes that are needed are not yet complete.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue the positive steps you've made but really analyze the policies you have, particularly towards employees, and ask if they are a good fit for the kind of business you want to build. Does management really *believe* that the team is what needs to be the first priority? If so then there are probably a number of policies that are keeping you from hiring and retaining the best people. Look closely at those and Dominion will probably take another step forward.

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

Current Employee – been working at Dominion Enterprises full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The company makes baby steps every so often. Downtown Norfolk is a great place to work.

Cons – Despite the little changes, the company still suffers from the same major struggles it always has. Middle management is inadequate. I've worked three weekends in a row but my boss has yet to even acknowledge the extra effort. I guess giving me a day off to help make up the overtime is out of the question since they put us on salary.

HR spends their time posting fake reviews on this site and saying "there are no cons".

Low pay is fairly standard but even if you're lucky to make a salary that's considered average for your job title, you still have to deal with the poor business models and management.

Advice to Senior Management – Wake up and revamp the company. Be a "fun" web company instead of a print company struggling to transition. Make sure your talent is happy and that middle managers are capable of doing their jobs.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – It's a job.
You will learn a lot of new stuff.

Cons – Departments have extremely small budgets. Hard to move up. Bosses mainly care about the people making them money directly, not the folks who help.

Advice to Senior Management – Encourage those lower on the totem pole, they're your backbone.

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

Current Employee – been working at Dominion Enterprises full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – For me, there has been ample opportunity to grow in my field, though it did take time to get there. I have had a lot of on the job training for my current position, and for moving into a higher level position.

Cons – It took a long time to pay better for IT. This is something that is being rectified as time has gone on. Because of that, we are becoming more competitive.

Advice to Senior Management – Realize that print is going away and stop focusing so much sales energy on that. Print is dead.

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

Former Employee – worked at Dominion Enterprises full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Had a great boss but she would have been fired if they knew how good she was

Cons – Pay is low. Each year the benefits get reduced a little more. Each year the employees get reduced a little more. Each year the sales staff has to do the support staffs work a little more.

Advice to Senior Management – Without support staff you are going to fail. You can't keep putting more and more on the support staff that is left without giving them more.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Dominion Enterprises full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – If you see anything here with 3 stars or higher, it's a fake review written by HR to get their rating up. This company is AWFUL. The pay is horrible, the benefits are not much more than "major medical" and management has their heads so far up their own behinds that they don't know if it's night or day. And that's the pros!

Cons – Cons... unless you are in the corporate office, the company really doesn't care anything about you. They don't allow their other companies to tkae care of their own company, but insist on meddling until the company goes practically bankrupt, then they just close the company. Management is incompetent.

Advice to Senior Management – Take some management classes and learn what the companies you buy do before you buy them.

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

Former Employee – worked at Dominion Enterprises

Pros – I worked at one of the regional parenting publication offices. I loved coming to work every day; all of my coworkers were great, energetic people. Because the office was so small (less than 10 people), I was given a lot of responsibility quickly.

Cons – Did not feel like there was much room for growth within the company. Not a fast, dynamic environment. Very slow-paced.

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

Pros – You are allowed to wear jeans & a polo to the office.

Cons – The company does not care about its employees (this is a top down mentality and it applies to all departments of the company including finance, accounting, payroll, A/P, business units, etc...)

They low ball EVERYONE on starting salary and if you have a great annual review you might get a 1% raise.

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

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

Pros – Overall DE is really good about providing fun opportunities and morale building activities. Great training opportunities.

Cons – The politics are crippling in some departments. Overall very low pay across the board. Lots of cattiness and inefficient micromanaging.

Advice to Senior Management – Let people do their jobs. You hired them for a reason and for the experience that they're bringing to the table. Let them do it!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend