Deeplocal Reviews

2.8

44% would recommend to a friend

(31 total reviews)
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Nathan Martin

43% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Deeplocal has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 31 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Deeplocal employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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31 reviews
1.0
2 Apr 2017

Perception vs. Reality

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

+ Free coffee, snacks, beer + Interesting office space + Cool brands and projects They have a very externally positive reputation - the work is impressive and award-winning. Easy to see why they are able to attract high-profile clients and smart, talented employees.

Cons

+ Leadership rules with fear and negativity + Leadership doesn't trust the rest of the staff - they micro-manage and re-do team members' work + Over-promise to clients frequently - leading to stress and long hours of mandatory overtime for employees + Make lofty promises during the interview to get you in - and then don't live up to them + HR sides with leadership - not the employees Behind closed doors, it's a very different experience than what you'd be led to believe from the outside. This is not the place to go if you are an independent, confident person who takes pride and ownership of your own work. The CEO is a very emotional leader and has a bad temper - no one is allowed to challenge him, including the rest of the leadership team. If you don't like it - leave, or you'll be forced out before long. Complaining to HR doesn't work either - they are complicit and defend this behavior. Don't be fooled by whatever you are promised in your interview - once you're in, you'll be miserable.

1.0
30 Jan 2017

cool projects, abusive environment + culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- work on global brands - smart + talented coworkers - no other agency of its kind agency in pittsburgh

Cons

- workload is extreme, pay is under industry-average, projects are perpetually understaffed - voicing dissent won't work, you'll be fired or punished in a passive-aggressive ways; heard numerous stories of ex-employees moving to pittsburgh then getting fired over disagreement with CEO - leadership picks favorites then drops them, creating a toxic, needy environment - asocial work scene, everyone sits in silence, company social events are rare and feel forced - unreasonable PTO and leave policy - homogenous workplace, very little diversity

1.0
28 Jan 2018

Avoid

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Talented team, inspiring and unique projects.

Cons

Owner verbally and emotionally abuses staff while putting on a nice-guy public face. The minute clients or people he wants to impress leave it's like Jekyll to Hyde. The difference is so dramatic no one would believe it unless they witnessed it. No process and when one is put in place Owner/CEO will disregard it whenever he feels like to take over projects and micro-manage staff because he seems to believe he is the only competent and intelligent human-being in the office. Don't believe a word written on their website or job postings regarding culture, collaboration, respect, kindness. If a company sounds to good to be true it probably is.

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Deeplocal Response
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Thank you for your feedback. I sincerely feel awful about how you felt. There is nothing more important to me nor more valuable to Deeplocal than the people that work here. I have a responsibility to the staff here, and I’ve felt that since starting the business. I’ve watched my peers at Deeplocal grow up, buy houses, start and now raise families—all since founding the company. I feel that responsibility perhaps now more than ever. We are a client-service business and that does make our clients very important to us, but never more important than the happiness of those that work here. I work hard to improve myself as a CEO and as a friend, a father, and a son. I try to use the many mistakes I’ve made as opportunities to improve. Growing from three people to almost sixty hasn’t been easy, and one of the biggest changes I’ve had to make is in my own behavior. At three people, I did a lot myself. Growing from a start-up means that my knee-jerk reaction is to jump in and do rather than delegate and steer. Now, I need to provide feedback and allow others to make mistakes and grow like I did. At sixty people, I’ve stepped away from most of the day-to-day work. Talented teams own projects and I am available as a resource. Every once in a while, that start-up instinct to jump in comes back, but I’m doing my best to keep it at bay. As we faced challenges that all start-ups do as they grow, we looked for help from a growth consultant who had successfully grown a larger organization. During our first meeting with him, we defined Deeplocal’s core values. Our growth consultant asked each person in the room (there were 8 of us) to write down the name of the current Deeplocal employee who we felt best represented us and our values. Nearly every one of us wrote down the same person—a creative engineer who is kind and humble, yet quietly brilliant. Our core values grew out of those that he represents. Fast-forward to today. Every Monday during our team meeting, we call each other out for displaying those values in our work. A long response to say that I’m truly sorry that you didn’t have a good experience, and that I’m (and we’re) working hard to improve. Best, Nathan CEO, Deeplocal nathan@deeplocal.com
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