Pros
Over time, company owner built a solid reputation as a knowledgable firm in the direct response industry with multiple writing and publishing projects for financial consultants and supplement companies as its two main staples.
Cons
While seen as a "old time" leader in the direct response industry, working for CDMG is a sham. The owner made specific promises about the position and instead, from day one, I was tasked with working on his private Fundamental Christian-political newsletter called Reality Alert - a horrifying betrayal. As the publisher, the owner is not around, no access, although he is responsible for approving the content of the agency newsletters. The staff is scared, tense, and the overall atmosphere is meanness. Expect a bullying atmosphere of confusion, passive-aggresiveness and projected anger. The owner openly displays discrimination towards gays and forcing employees to work on his personal projects - political/religious under the guise of a for-profit marketing agency is illegal, distasteful and harmful. The promise to a more fulfilling career is impossible - the lies start the moment you step into the office.
