DMA Solutions Reviews

While everyone's experience and perspective are different, my experiences and the experiences of my friends and colleagues reflected an environment that was very unhealthy. The job, company, and culture eventually consumed our lives in a very negative way. It became part of the culture to ignore your physical and mental health. Friendships, family, and relationships were all put on the backburner. After taking a step back from the situation and recognizing the toll it took, it became undeniable that something had to change, and it was at this point that the extent of toxicity became clear. Attempts to remedy issues were met by roadblocks, avoidance, and what I consider gaslighting. The leaders at this company are charismatic and charming, their passion for the industry is real and it is these things that sweep people off their feet during the interview process and honeymoon phase of their new job. The first few months of your time at DMA might be filled with lots of fun moments, laughing with teammates, team lunches, happy hours, expensive dinners, etc. but as the months go on the facade is chipped away. When teammates leave clients are passed from person to person and it is not uncommon for someone to take on a scope of work that they have no experience with or are unequipped to handle. Rather than using these hardships to forge stronger bonds or build new skill sets leaders often try to place blame on individuals for having poor attitudes or being unwilling to give more to the team or clients. When clients leave the agency they are talked about in a negative light and there is no attempt to learn from weakness or mistakes. If you decide to move forward in the interview process, I urge you to thoughtfully question each individual you have the opportunity to speak with. Ask them about the things that matter to you and press them to share more beyond their initial response - work life balance, opportunities for growth and advancement, how they approach and solve problems within their teams, lessons they have learned from the (many) employees they have seen leave their company. I struggled in deciding whether or not to leave this review, and my decision to do so is solely to help prospective candidates make an informed decision about their employment. An eager and hardworking employee can easily go down a destructive path in this environment. My best advice is, to be honest with yourself about what you value in life, set boundaries, and frequently check in with yourself about how this job is serving you.

As other reviews here have stated, your first few months are full of happy hours, nice lunches/dinners, and good structure. You think, "YAS! Women empowerment and fun." But after this "honeymoon" period, you start to notice that the culture isn't all it seems. While yes, it's true that most agencies have a high turnover rate, but DMA's is even moreso - as in 2 account managers, 3 social media specialists, and 1 public relations manager out in the span of a year and a half. EEK! We only had one POC during my time as an employee, and she would constantly mention the need for diversity in campaigns, social media content, etc. and would get turned down or ignored by upper management. I regret that I didn't do more to help her feel listened to and understood. This is an office of nothing but women, which means DRAMA, DRAMA, DRAMA. It's inevitable. Think of it as a small sorority, if you will. But upper management tries their best to diffuse situations behind closed doors with a "can you meet me in the conference room real quick?" Slack message. Still gives me chills reading it! It's very difficult to mitigate keeping peace in a group of around 20 women. When COVID hit, we all worked remotely like the rest of the world. However, we were then told to start working 10+ hour days with a morning AND evening email/check-in with our managers (which would sometimes take another hour to do, making days often 12+ hours) along with a godawful hour-long EOD Zoom call. I loved my team, but having Zoom calls for the majority of the day while still being expected to complete 10+ hours work during the middle of a pandemic just burned me out at DMA. Several employees left during COVID because of these ^^ issues as well. If you've made it this far, God bless you! The reason why most employees don't stay past 1 year is because at that point, upper management trusts you enough to fill your plate UP. So many managers have left because of the poor work/life balance and being stressed TF out all the time because of the workload that's been dumped on you.