DDC Reviews

3.2

43% would recommend to a friend

(138 total reviews)

B.R. McConnon

61% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

DDC has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 138 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The DDC employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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138 reviews
1.0
30 Jan 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Casual dress. Non-client facing teams seem to retain a decent work life balance with set hours. Handful of great directors/leaders within the company. Nice location & office.Great place to come in as a AVP or VP. Anything lower...think twice.

Cons

DDC cares more about political connections than hiring the right people. No transparency. Be prepared to trade any idea of a work life balance for a heavy drinking problem. Kiss your social/family life goodbye. The only way I would recommend this job is if you are going to be in a department that is not client facing. And by all means... stay away from the digital department. Many in the company despises them because the department is run by inexperienced, disrespectful brats with ZERO leadership skills and very little oversight which is leading to heavy turnovers. Many departments work very long hours with no overtime pay or comp time. Pay is average to below average...unless you're a AVP or VP.

1.0
20 May 2019

Dumpster Fire

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They pay you to be there, every two weeks.

Cons

Actively toxic atmosphere. High-stress, tear-you-down, sky-is-falling every day culture — not a rough patch, but for multiple years now. The business model personnel-wise is to churn staff under the age of 30 every 12 months, then hand off work to contractors — if you stay longer than that, DDC is coming out ahead. Terrible at hiring and attracting talent, so many get fired inside 90 days (never seen this happen anywhere else). Fancy titles like “Associate Vice President” go to people with ~2 years of experience so that clients think they’re getting attention from legitimate mid-level pros. Working on a single unsuccessful political campaign qualifies one as an “expert political strategist”, according to the staffing page and BD materials. They send out workplace review surveys, then when the results are terrible either say "we're going to make changes" and never do -- or they just plain don't share the results.

2.0
2 Jun 2016

After 2 weeks I knew I made a bad decision

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

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

Cons

Sorry but after 8 years of work experience I was put in a 4x4 cubicle. While junior HR girls had nice offices??? Senior staff that have been there 10+ years were sitting in cubes too, While newbies had corner offices. Training was almost non-existent.

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