DT Reviews

Pros

Best company i have ever worked for

Cons

a little eccentric in organisation style

Advice to Management

keep up the great work

Pros

On the whole, the staff here are very nice (especially compared to many other agencies I've worked at), and they seem to encourage a social culture.

Cons

There are lots of people here who don't seem to really know what they're doing, especially on the account/project management side of things.

Pros

- Brilliant minds - Ongoing opportunity - Growth personally and professionally

Cons

We need be better at more frequent communication

Advice to Management

Lets talk to our staff more frequently.

Pros

Leaving to go home. Seriously. I loathed coming in but I loved leaving as I felt I could be more creative outside than inside.

Cons

Working here is like a game of survivor and not in a good way. Management have their knives out ready to shaft anyone if they're not making enough money.

Advice to Management

Start to invest in your people and not line your own back pockets.

Pros

Good for graduates and newbies to be thrown into the grinder to stress and learn

Cons

Management lies about their numbers to employees, also, they rip-off their clients on T&M engagements. Very unethical, most 'area managers' are kids with no experience that run their areas as such. The pitch is 'we are going through a bit of a change' but that change has been on-going for the last couple of years with no results nor improvements.

Advice to Management

The WPP group (who owns DT) should replace everyone in non technical management roles, even the CEO, and get real leaders in. Prepared leaders with experience in people management who are interested in delivering quality and making money.

Pros

DT has fairly good work/life balance and a fun team of people. It has huge strengths in large-scale project management.

Cons

It seems like management is more interested in retaining big clients & maintaining websites rather than attracting interesting or creative work. As a result, the work that is produced is substandard and uninspiring. Designers are not really offered the opportunity to be creative and are offered little support. Employee turnover is high.

Advice to Management

Don't oversell what you're offering.

Pros

- Good range of projects - Ambitious vision - Discipline leads are very capable and have good experience

Cons

- Management sets conflicting goals for different departments like Accounts, Project Management, and Creatives. This results in either friction or people shying away from doing their job properly. - Promises galore for everyone at the start (including growth opps etc.) when they want to hire you. Saw a lot of people leave over time due to unfulfilled promises - Maintaining the pipeline is a constant struggle for...

Advice to Management

Create a cohesive vision supported by collaborative goals encompassing all disciplines. Create, action and monitor your vision realisation plans Spend one on one time with staff and create a follow through plan to address their feedback Increase revenue by doing quality work for clients rather than creating intentional budget blowouts Don't promise new staff growth opportunities which you can't guarantee since...

Pros

- Great career development plans and training available - Casual environment - Well-focused and passionate team lead and team mates to work with and learn from - Not so much overtime hours required/encouraged but it could depend on the discipline/team

Cons

- Possibility of working offsite (on clients' sides) and extra traveling required - Can feel a bit isolated from the team/company if working offsite for a long period of time - Salary isn't so competitve