Tribal DDB Reviews

Pros

A lot of opportunities to learn, people are fairly easy to work with,

Cons

too much workload for one person to handle

Pros

Good environment, nice people, okay pay, start up mentality, growth options are good for youngsters who are willing to work hard, good place to learn for sure

Cons

May be they can give hike to people and bring it at par with industry, more time off and perks for employees to develop more team spirit

Advice to Senior Management

get involved with everybody, give them the feel of belonging..people will come forward and take responsibility on their own

Pros

It's smaller than you think, so you get to do more than whatever your job title says that you do. lots of open communication and everyone knows each other. Good vibes - definitely reinventing itself in 2011 - 2012.

Cons

sometimes we're under matched and not staffed enough for the jobs we have. People try their hardest, but at a certain point you can't play the game without the right equipment.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep pushing, we'll get there.

Pros

-Pleasant colleagues
-Relaxed culture
-Flexible dress code
-Reasonable clients

Cons

-Staffing issues with resources - Sr Management decide to make several people redundant during summer and it's starting to hurt
-Staff still demoralized from departures and issues rooted in recession
-Management from top leader appears to be negative and very disjointed.

Advice to Senior Management

-Be less negative and make sure you have coherent and positive stories when presenting at an all-hands meeting.
-Avoid politics even though it is tempting to exert greater influence at others' expense.

Pros

- Very loose environment and great people to work with
- Opportunities galore to work on good client businesses
- Limited supervision encourages people to jump into the fire and do it themselves

Cons

- Among the worst management system I've ever experienced - zero communication to employees, poor financial decisions, virtually no concern about client relationships
- Resources are severely lacking - every account and project is significantly understaffed
- No accountability for employees - total indifference to poor employee performance

Pros

fun people, smart work, i enjoyed it, wasn't boring, some people weren't great but most were

Cons

sometimes politics were more important than meritocracy, but that's normal most places I guess

Pros

Great clients, good people and friendly coworkers, industry recognition

Cons

Very long hours expected, poor communications from management, lacking on employee reviews and paths for career growth

Advice to Senior Management

Please be more open, and value your employees. Most folks don't feel properly recognized

Pros

Many great people gathered from different backgrounds. No matter how hard the conditions might get the team will always do their best till the end. You become a part of the team not because of the cool university you graduated from but because you really are good at what you do. Provides a chance to work with many big clients.

Cons

Senior management doesn't support team nor provide any kind of motivation, on the contrary the team is always asked to tolerate more and more everyday. Business is only money oriented, creativity is not favored. No one seems to care if you let the team down at a critical phase or you saved the day. No chance of promotion unless you are the blood relatives of senior management. No company ethics or culture. Older brother DDB always trying to make you fail so they can claim the management of their digital agency. They actually manage to make the Tribal team fail thanks to their lack of understanding of digital.

Advice to Senior Management

I find it hard to understand why you haven't failed long before or why I am still working here.

Pros

Great network for your career

Cons

terrible relationship with DDB and eventually getting worse

Advice to Senior Management

Get your act together and lead with a creative bent

Pros

Good clients, interesting projects, like to push the envelope on technology when possible
Dedicated people who are passionate about creative work
Interesting breadth of work

Cons

Understaffing of key clients, often shifting teams mid-project, putting projects at risk
Senior management ineffective, setting up agreements with clients that make no sense to those who do the actual work
Rolling layoffs at major locations
Little backbone from management to stand up to run away account managers

Advice to Senior Management

Stop trying to chase the money by signing bad clients or poorly defined projects
Start looking to provide exciting, cutting edge work
Staff teams appropriately to do the work you've committed to
Speak honestly to staff - we know when something's up and letting it fester doesn't help morale