Constantly Making Good Changes - Digital Production Specialist DailyOM Employee Review

4.0
May 4, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

-Great coworkers. Management vets hires VERY well. -Small company, which means you have to learn A LOT very quickly and there is potential for title changes and growth. -Benefits: Decent health insurance, 2 weeks vacation, CA sick time policy (3 days), healthy lunch provided, -Biggest pro is Julie! Not only is she the best manager I have EVER had, she is constantly pushing for good change and growth for the company and for you individually. All of the changes I saw in the 2 years were captained by her. More vacation and holiday pay, more communication, more trust in team members, less micromanaging, less meetings, an hour lunch, flexibility in work hours (arrive between 7:30-9, end 4:30-6)... There's more but I can't even remember all the changes, and I believe the owners want to continue making good changes for the team. **NOTE: E-learning has been quarantine-proof. Everyone is home and wanting to better themselves virtually. This is job security!

Cons

-Small company. Many people wear many hats and do a lot of things, but can be EXTREMELY stressful. (Honestly, I loved this part. My resume grew ten-fold from this position.) -There is a lot of responsibility on each person because you are the ONLY one doing your tasks. This can be very stressful, no matter how supportive your direct manager is. -You have to be very articulate and confident with questions you have for the owners. Luckily, there is management between the team and the owners now, but it's a small team. Having that confidence and conviction can be hard. -Very high turnover. People quit or get fired a lot more here than I have seen at any other company. -The team tends to be very young (age-wise). It may be because of the salary point and benefits or maybe because younger teams will do what you say and not question the workflow. (More so for Marketing than Production.) -No documented mission, vision, values. This really bothered me. I came from HR for a company that prided itself in it's company culture and I missed this A LOT. -That reminds me, there is no HR. If you have any complaints, I recommend you bring Julie in on it, no matter what team you are on. *NOTE: The Marketing team is MUCH different than the Production team I was on. From what I understand, DailyOM marketing is unlike most marketing. It is a lot of turning off/on Facebook ads with not a lot of room for creativity. *NOTE (2): All companies have their pros/cons. It's easy to see the cons when you're in it, but different place, different crap. I had ups and downs throughout my employment, but by the time I left I was genuinely sad to go.

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Pros

* I was allowed to work mostly remotely, and only had to come in office 1 day a week * Great lunches prepared for us when I was working at the office that 1 day a week

Cons

* Some of the other remote workers were petty and difficult * I've heard the company was bought out and is under new management, so I have no idea if everything has completely changed since I last worked there.

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1.0
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Pros

Amazing content and potential vision

Cons

I have to agree with the reviews above for the following comments. "Things are unnecessarily confusing, intentionally ambiguous and always very last minute. " "Management consumed by control tactics, mind games and power moves. Pettiness above all else." THIS IS SO True. pettiness and gaslighting creates a FEAR culture. "This trickles down to employees and creates toxicity." Extremely TOXIC environment. "passive aggressive comments" Passive aggressive comments are the norm. Very immature leadership. "This creates unnecessary tension and competition between departments and employees." VERY VERY high school "Mean girl mentality. "This is corporate bureaucracy and clique mentality. The employee turnover speaks for itself. Don’t do it." Agree 100% This company is not run like a professional operation and has ZERO north star leadership.

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