WARNING: This company is the worst! - Anonymous employee Davis Employee Review

1.0
15 Jan 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I can't even begin to put into words how toxic this place is, but I will in hopes that I may change one person's mind from EVER working here. Management will reel you in and make endless promises to get you to stay - it's all downhill from there. Management does not care about you and the owner1000% only cares about money. If it weren't for all the owners friends or VPs personal affairs, there would be no clients. I don't have a single positive thing to say about this place and if I could give it 0 stars I would. Management are bullies and I've never had to work alongside people who had such a blatant disregard for other people's feelings. These people are fueled by a manipulative, conniving, undermining, lying and cowardice owner. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING is ever management's fault. They will harass you, belittle you, degrade you and make you feel worthless and it will all be swept under the rug. Other than management, work/life balance = NONE. You will be at work every snow day, hurricane day, holiday even if there's no work to be done. They make fun of other companies closing their doors and taking care of their employees, but that's not where the crude comments stop - they make fun of their own clients! People pay them for their business and they talk trash about them. What they're wearing, how their hair is styled, their personal life choices. It's a couple of caddy high school girls and if you're not part of the "in crowd" you're out. I just hope someone reads this and I can save at least one person from making the same awful mistake I did.

Cons

Everything! I genuinely feel bad for the current and future employees of this company.

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Pros

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Cons

I’ve never worked at a more toxic and negative environment in my life. The only positive reviews on here are probably a few current employees that got told to write them because their turnover rate is that high. There is zero leadership or structure, just a micromanaging CEO that knows your every single move. Working long hours and through holiday weekends is expected because the CEO does. Zero onboarding or training, but if you don’t do something to their standard or have questions you’re made to feel stupid. And because there is no structure, you won’t even know who to talk to with said questions. HR is non-existent, it’s just the CFO who took it on. Management could care less about you as an individual outside of the work being done and everyone internally is genuinely mean to eachother. Multiple colleagues have admitted when they started that they went home and cried for months. These reviews are not ‘disgruntled old employees’ …they are all absolutely true experiences and you need to listen to them. And to anyone feeling stuck there, know you don’t have to live like this!

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Davis Response
12mo
We were very surprised and disappointed to read your review, and we’re sincerely sorry to hear about your employment experience here at Davis. Because your comments seemed so at-odds with our workplace culture, we took each of your concerns quite seriously. In fact, we immediately initiated confidential, one-on-one conversations with every employee to see if others had feelings similar to yours. We asked them specifically about the issues you raised – including our onboarding process, leadership support, team behavior, workplace culture and work-life balance – and what we heard in response was quite the opposite from your experience. We know we’re not a perfect workplace, but we do everything we can to make it one, and we'll never stop trying to improve. Our workplace culture is built on collaboration, creativity and respect, and we’re proud of it. This work and this industry are not for everyone. But our employees stay with us for an average of 5.25 years, and for many, it’s that fast pace and unrelenting creative and client-service standards that they love most about working here. We certainly have high expectations of our employees, and yes, they occasionally wear more than one hat, stay late or work after hours – not because they’re forced to, but because they want to do great advertising work and satisfy their own high professional standards. Additionally, our CEO and management team have an open-door policy. Asking questions is never discouraged here. It’s how we all grow and learn, and it's one of the most important things we tell new employees to do. We’re truly grateful for every person who has come to work at Davis, but we understand when it hasn’t been the right long-term fit. That seems to be the case here. Hopefully, you’ve found a workplace more aligned with your own standards and professional preferences, and we wish you all the best, wherever your career journey takes you.
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