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D Magazine Partners Reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(49 total reviews)

Christine Allison

68% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

D Magazine Partners has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 49 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The D Magazine Partners employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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49 reviews
1.0
20 Sept 2016

Sweat Shop

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Small office in the heart of downtown Dallas, in walking distance from nearby restaurants for lunch. Pretty cool people, especially in the studio.

Cons

Management treats the studio like a sweat shop. Creative direction is either rigid or sketchy and vague. But expectations are extremely high considering the lack of real leadership. There is a sense of entitlement from management since they own the magazine. There's no getting around it. High stress, poor people skills, lack of (genuine) appreciation. If you're a worker bee, you'll do fine there. If you're an "out of the box" thinker, or have an ounce of creativity other than designing templates for a magazine, you'd do better in a creative environment. This isn't it.

2.0
5 Feb 2016

No respect for Ad sales people

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Flexible daily work schedule and vacation time off, high profile/prestigious position in Dallas media market

Cons

Clique-ish, only a handful of ad reps make any money--$100K to $400K+ because virtually all of the viable accounts are already distributed to those tenured reps, who handle a ridiculous amount of accounts, while the other reps, who rarely stay long, get the crumbs. The owners seem to tolerate ad sales as a necessary evil, and make it apparent they value the editorial team over ad sales, vs. respecting each component equally.

3.0
15 Nov 2015

D

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good for your resume. Good for networking.

Cons

No feedback given. Ill-defined job roles. Culture promotes internal insecurity. No true collaboration. Management motivates by creating fear in the employees. Which is unfortunate, because the employees really are quite amazing, talented people and deserve much more.

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