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Digitas puts a premium on intelligence and hard work and cares less about formality or politics. Most people are smart, very capable, and motivated. While Digitas is serious about the work, people are not stiff and are a pretty interesting fun group. The nature of the work on the surface can be dry at times, but people take the intellectual challenge and the complexities and make it engaging. Figuring out how to optimize SEO performance on searches for insurance is hardly an area ripe with creative possibility, but analysts throw themselves into it and try to make campaigns work harder. That is the attitude around much of the work, which may be a bit stodgy given the clients and the nature of the assignments, but the agency successfully carves out areas of creativity and inspired execution. People work very hard at Digitas, but it's not a sweatshop--people have lives. 

There were good people here once but the lack of transparency and fake culture have turned it bad. People are being laid off and jumping ship all the time lately and the company just pretends that it's not happening. Certain managers are blocking their teams from getting work across the company. They use 
 performance plans to lie about employees to get them laid off. I have seen many people have this happen to them in the last year.  Manager favorites keep their jobs, even though they have no work. What do they bill to? They brag about the culture but having high school clubs where you watch Queer Eye reruns isn't really cutting edge inclusion. They tell women to stand up for themselves and ask for raises but when you do, you are labeled as difficult and turned down. People of color are almost non-existent.

Digitas has some of the smartest minds in an industry already filled with innovative thinkers. They've made their mark by establishing themselves as the originators of the Newfronts as well as by very aggressively seeking out and winning new business. The corporate culture is strong, with plenty of clubs (running, gaming, art, etc) within the company as well as weekly events that promote a strong work-life balance.

However, with that comes the flip side: hours are long and depending on your specific team you might not ever go to any of these great corporate events due to the sheer quantity of work to be done. This is probably not the best place to start off your career if you have limited experience as the bar is set very high from day 1.

You can find success and enjoyment in your job here, but it's certainly not for everyone.

The hardest part of the job is that the company is very lean so it always feels like you're a little short staffed. There are numerous opportunities, both vertical and horizontal, to advance or change jobs. The people are what really make it an excellent place to spend all the hours it takes to do what we do. Senior management is highly engaged and makes a herculean effort to reach out to all corners of the company. The only thing that is really missing (and this is not small) is a well defined vision of its mission. As a result I think people can feel as if the place is a bit rudder bit rudderless at times.

One week you're busy as hell and the next week you're wondering why everyone is sitting around doing nothing. The creative directors, with the exception of the man in charge, aren't very creative. Lots of other talented and hardworking people (art directors, project managers and account managers) But they aren't being utilized correctly. Unfortunately, management is either blind or unfair, they don't like to get their hands dirty, they typically wont have your back and don't like to get involved. It's all about the politics. Good place to visit but...

No day was the same in that there was a lot of ad-hoc requests to handle. I expanded my Excel skills dramatically here. Management and turnover proved to be an issue. The laid back culture sometimes affected work results or made it difficult to work with others. Management/turnover issues caused problems in a way where the work environment was no longer cohesive or comfortable. I did meet a lot of other great people at this company but was in a bad situation. I did have some issues where I physically could not come in to work but was able to work remotely via laptop.

Work is intense, but fun.  Coworkers are typically interesting people who get the job done with great attitudes.  Management would be better served to support their people in the work, instead of throwing it at the and then blaming when something goes wrong.  They manage more through freebies, ex a Client yells at you, you get baseball tickets; you work late, you get beer.  It works for the younger staff, but the more seasoned staff would appreciate help with their teams, with client issues, than a free drink.  

This was a start-up office in Miami of a Multi National Company. I continued to learn all the facets of opening a new office. Hiring staff and implementing new procedures as well as keeping up with the day to day operations. I enjoyed working with young and vibrant creatives. The most difficult part of the job was the excessive hours. However, the best part of the job was the brilliant people that worked there that made the hours fly by.

DIgitas was filled with great people and still is. However, for reasons I am not privy too, their client work is dwindling rapidly to a trickle. Every quarter there are massive layoffs, and the company is now relocating floors for the 3rd time in a few years to fit into a smaller space. Perhaps it is the industry changes that cause this agency and many others of its size to no longer be relevant. The mood every day is that of upcoming doom. Expect Digitas to be absorbed into a larger Publicis agency in a few quarters.

Digitas has an amazing environment which is creative and fun.  The teams here work hard but also know how to have a good time.  We always have new clients coming in, various food and drink vendors, in house events for charity and fundraisers, we have karaoke days, we play fun music through out the company.  We have speakers and presenters who come in for learning panels.  At least once a week, one of our Tech peeps invents a new idea in our innovation lab.  Overall, everyday here in the office is different with new surprises which keeps everyone on there toes!

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