Poor company culture with some great talent - Account Coordinator JAM Direct Employee Review

1.0
Jan 24, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

- some lovely and talented individuals work there - cool work perks (free breakfasts, lunches and merchandise) - hip office - accounts own all of the steps of the process so you learn lots

Cons

- terrible people managers (the people favourited there are the ones in leadership and they have zero leadership skills and empathy for others) - crazy work hours and unreasonable work loads - terrible pay considering how many extra hours you work (avg of 50-60 hours per week) - no client boundaries have been set and the culture is to say “yes” to every request - the culture is toxic and has a fake vibe - people quit on a regular basis and everyone seems very stressed - no boundaries with how your treated and no HR

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2.0
Apr 27, 2026
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Pros

Exposure to a variety of projects and high-profile clients

Cons

Quite toxic agency culture with constant long hours and little work-life balance. Pay is low compared to workload, and burnout feels normalised. You learn fast, but it’s not sustainable long term.

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2.0
Mar 25, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Note: Jam Direct has rebranded to JAM CRM. Hybrid, breakfast, bar, used to have free lunches but now only cover $10, dogs allowed in office.

Cons

The workload is unreasonable for the pay. Only one half-hour break. It could be fully remote, but require 3 days in-office where it is difficult to focus since people are constantly talking or coming up to you. When you commute home you'll still have work to finish off. Once in a while working after-hours is acceptable, but its become the "norm". Have actually heard several people say "if you're only doing your required 40 hours, you have capacity to do more." What? They want you to be working an additional 10-20 hours for free...? Work-life balance is so broken it makes it harder to do the work you normally enjoy, feel miserable. Have "Professional Development Plans" which sounds nice but really you are forced to change your honest answers to questions like "How is your workload, What is your happiness level" to comply with good ratings only. You never know when to be honest or comply with whats required of you to say. The work itself would actually be great, but theres TOO MANY projects to manage effectively, timings are ALWAYS too tight and EVERYTHING is URGENT and there are TOO MANY people giving their subjective opinions and in the end, you do not even get the satisfaction of your hard work.

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