DDC Reviews

Pros

Tech team is open minded, with some great engineers on deck.

Advice to Management

Trust the tech team more

Pros

Strong team ethic, people always willing to go out of their way to help you

Advice to Management

Look at what competitors pay their employees and make an effort to pay them what they're worth. Team members already deal with heavy workloads and giving them a bit of extra breathing room salary-wise would lead to lower turnover and happier employees

Pros

-close to the White House
-good opportunity for solid "outside of work" relationships, especially for younger employees
-good experience across MANY topics
-the CEO and President seem to really care about the people that work for them, especially people who are very client-facing; other executives not so much

Advice to Management

-managerial training
-figure out ways to make the work/life balance more manageable
-restructure your pay scale and bonus scale; many of your hardest workers (associates, etc) are being screwed over because their bosses are getting all of the credit

Pros

Talented staff and great management and benefits

Pros

Some great colleagues, decent office but good location, casual dress.

Advice to Management

Remember how this company was started. Live those values, don't let your ego grow because you now work for Omnicom and have a prominent D.C. partnership with another company.

Pros

Some of the most intellectual and caring colleagues I've ever had. The opportunities are here and your manager will encourage you to pursue them.

Pros

Some great people work at DDC. Lots of fun to be around and most are very professional. DC location is nice and Metro accessible. Close to lots of bars and restaurants.

Advice to Management

Rename the project manager position as a web solutions consultant or similar so that you can position it correctly and get the right people. You don't need certified project managers, you need pretty junior people who are able to talk to clients and web designers and stay in their lane.

Pros

Incredible people who truly care about you as a person; very fun, team-oriented work environment. Definitely expected to take on your share of work, almost everyone is willing to lend a helping hand and welcomes you with open arms. Ideal work culture. Benefit plans recently changed and aren't quite as good, but this is a result of the company being acquired, which speaks more to the impressive benefit packages that were offered pre-acquisition. Human Resources department did a great of communicating these changes out and making sure the transition was seamless. Great PTO policy. Location of the office recently changed and they are now located a couple blocks from the White House, pretty cool digs!

Advice to Management

Younger talent takes on much more work than upper-management. Many managers would benefits from training on best management practices. Could give a bit more consideration to the voice of their employees.

Pros

The only real pros I can say during my employment was the friendliness and camaraderie of non-managerial colleagues, and the occasional free happy hours.

Advice to Management

Be upfront with potential hires and value the employees who are not in supervisor roles.

Pros

I was hired on as a PM...I left after a short time. People were generally nice.

Advice to Management

Managers and people with seniority should be given spaces of their own. How can you have proper client calls or interactions when you cube mate is 2 feet from your face. Makes no sense.