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    Digitas Reviews

    Updated February 17, 2019
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    Pros

    • "work life balance has improved been depending on the account can be unpredictable" (in 57 reviews)

    • "Smart people who are also easy to become friends with and work long hours together" (in 75 reviews)

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    1. "Great place to work"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Associate Media Director
      Current Employee - Associate Media Director
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook

      I have been working at Digitas full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great, smart people. New office, great atmosphere, flexible work schedule

      Cons

      not a ton of accounts. promotions can be difficult

    2. "A great place to learn"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Vice President, Group Account Director in New York, NY
      Former Employee - Vice President, Group Account Director in New York, NY

      I worked at Digitas full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      - Focused on cutting edge data-driven media and technology
      - Many capabilities and smart people to learn from
      - Hard working, self-driven individuals are rewarded

      Cons

      - Same pain points you would feel at any large agency, owned by a holding company

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    3. "Love it!"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Digitas full-time

      Pros

      The people who work here are amazing!

      Cons

      the culture is going downhill

    4. "Positives and negatives"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Digitas full-time

      Pros

      Great atmosphere and great people. Great work life balance

      Cons

      Pay is not the greatest and promotions are based on time spent there instead of performance

    5. "bad leadership"

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      Current Employee - Art Director
      Current Employee - Art Director

      I have been working at Digitas full-time

      Pros

      the culture was amazing, and very diversed

      Cons

      the leadership team doesn't know what they're doing

    6. "Account Executive"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Account Executive in New York, NY
      Former Employee - Account Executive in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Digitas part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great, smart, creative people, good perks, lots of holidays

      Cons

      Work life balance can be challenging in client services, really depends on your team and Senior leadership

      Advice to Management

      Provide more incentives to retain talent

    7. Helpful (1)

      "Great place to start your career"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Senior Search Analyst in Boston, MA
      Current Employee - Senior Search Analyst in Boston, MA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Digitas full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      - Diverse clients so a lot of opportunity to learn and diversify skill sets

      Cons

      - Career growth is sometimes difficult due to lack of career structure and real-time feedback

    8. "Great place to be"

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      Former Employee - AMP
      Former Employee - AMP

      Pros

      young, fun, happy culture. great people to work with

      Cons

      don't have anything negative to share

    9. "Organizational & structural shifts, not what it used to be"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Planner in New York, NY
      Former Employee - Planner in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Digitas full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      - good benefits (lots of holidays off), 19 days to start, unlimited sick days, fun holiday parties
      - great talent
      - work life balance has improved been depending on the account can be unpredictable
      - great place to start your career, Digitas really invests in you and you will learn A LOT

      Cons

      - loss of big accounts has led to a lot of uncertainty, fragmentation of company
      -promotions are quarterly and can be held up by process instead of by merit, depends on your account and how much exposure you have (at least at lower levels)
      - not flexible with wfh
      - team spirit has diminished, as evidenced by poorly attended Thursday & Friday happy hours

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Okay"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Culture, colleagues, ability to excel

      Cons

      Work life balance, lack of flexibility

      Advice to Management

      Better work life balance and workflow structures