Good place to work, mostly upsides! And a few downsides you should know - Digital Strategist Blue State Employee Review

4.0
17 Jul 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Smart people. No jerks, they get weeded out very quickly. Commitment to work-life balance, at least in my experience — there are late nights and weekends like any agency, but people try not to make them the norm. Efforts to increase diversity/inclusivity and awareness of unconscious bias. Interesting work for good clients. Career advancement for junior/mid-career staff is good. And unlike a lot of places with unlimited time off, BSD actually encourages you to use it!

Cons

Starting salaries are decent, but negotiate as much pay as you can when you start because even if you get promoted your raises won't be all that much. Benefits are only OK. Not always perfect about living up to progressive ideals b/c it isn't unionized like some of its competitors and isn't committed to salary transparency (they don't post salaries on job descriptions, and people with the exact same title on the exact same team can make very different salaries as a result). Some managers are amazing and some are terrible, and unfortunately there's no accountability for the terrible ones. Career advancement seems to stall out once you become senior.

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5.0
7 Jan 2026
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Pros

Team members take on their responsibilities and complete things on time when assigned

Cons

Sometimes difficult work based on client business

2.0
11 May 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing coworkers Decent benefits Work from home Cool clients doing huge projects

Cons

This place will suck the life out of you. After a few questionable upper management decisions, layoffs had really run this place below ground. Beforehand, though, was a clear indicator of things going downhill. Teams burnt out and stretched thin. Project managers doing their best to accommodate, despite being stretched thin themselves. Upper management not doing anything to help. There is one review I read here during my first few months that stated this place is sexy and promising on the outside but the opposite inside and now I can see why. You will be micromanaged and gaslit into thinking you are a terrible worker here. Little to no real professional advice, they literally just expect you to do 12 hours of work in 8 hours (not to mention the insane amount of unpaid overtime you’ll be doing). Steer clear of this place (at least until the figure their sh** out)

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