Poor leadership and bad luck have taken their toll - Anonymous employee DEPT Employee Review

2.0
2 Jan 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- A lot of really fantastic and talented people. Some of the best teams I have worked with -Remnants of a really good culture (Sadly disappearing through layoffs and turnover though) - Flexitime and WFH allowance was great (Although they are now cracking down on that too)

Cons

-Pay freezes -Low pay -Poor use of staff skills on projects, resourcing can seem arbitrary -Overall Strategy often seems incoherent and desperate -Poor negotiating with clients which leaves teams in terrible situations with very little support -Stressful work environment with high levels of burnout among colleagues -Layoffs are frequent -Recently Laid off staff immediately before Christmas after ensuring this wouldn't be the case

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5.0
11 Dec 2025
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Pros

Lots of individuals that make up many teams from design, copy, motion, production artists, and even full-time strategists.

Cons

I left right before a big merge, so I can't speak to how it is after the merge. This review may be outdated.

1.0
9 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The design team is very talented and kind.

Cons

Very boring agency to work at. They only claim the agency is not doing good, "we don't have money" so no raises, 1.2% merit increases this year. This doesn't even keep up with inflation rate. At this company you will just be a number on a spreadsheet, waiting to get laid off because they would rather use a million different AI than hire any entry level positions. They fail almost every pitch because the leadership is empty-headed, comes in and changes the entire concepts and decks. And they claim they are very transparent and B-corp but they discriminate against POC all the time and lie about your prospects at their company. It's really not worth your nerves to work for them.

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