Run, don't walk - Anonymous employee Drumroll Employee Review

1.0
4 Apr 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are some smart people who work there. Salary seems to be competitive (until you realize that you will never, ever, ever work a 40 hour week). A few "big name" clients.

Cons

You'll work long, thankless hours-- multiple weeks of 60+ hours-- and then you'll be reprimanded for walking in at 9:45 instead of 10 am. You aren't trusted to get your work done from home. Sometimes you'll near completion on a project and the CEO will step in last minute and make you change EVERYTHING. There are some bad seeds who will never be reprimanded and they'll make your life completely miserable. Bad choices in upper management who can't make or stand by decisions and will find scapegoats who don't deserve it. I met a few good people here but overall felt like working here hurt my career and definitely made me miserable.

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Drumroll Response
11y
Thank you for taking the time to provide a review. Although we all know a company can not be everything to everyone, we are sorry to hear that you had a negative experience at Drumroll. We want you to know that we take all feedback we get seriously and are continuously trying to set up our agency and our people up for success. Your transparency is appreciated.

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5.0
11 Aug 2020
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Pros

A sense of ownership from the bottom up. Great clients. An understanding and fun company culture. Great individuals all across the company. Embraced WFH very quickly and have had no major issues with going remote.

Cons

We run pretty leanly. There are pretty tight deadlines where additional time is required, but that's advertising..?

3.0
14 June 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You work with fun people without the drama or "clique" mentality of many other agencies. It has a great location and a good client list for it's size. I've never felt the need to filter my thoughts. The team works hard but also knows when to crack jokes and celebrate good work and important personal milestones in each others lives. Management is very receptive to employee feedback and has an open door policy. Making steps to make the office a more creative environment. You can nerd out over movies, music, design, art, etc. with you bosses without having to consciously remind yourself that you are talking with "the big boss man". Salt of the earth people.

Cons

If you've worked at an agency before, the cons will be no big surprise. There are quick turns, lots of churn. Management of resources is very shaky and don't expect to ever truly "own" a project as the creative team is set up to pick up and hand off work as needed, which is very often. There seems to be a lack of a discovery process on the user side and much of the work is based on assumptions and direct asks from the client. Expect your workload to be 70% emails, 20% site banners/graphics and 10% websites or other highly involved digital interactions.

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Drumroll Response
11y
Thank you for the comments. Your feedback will certainly be noted as we believe process should always be evolving to accommodate our talent to do the best work. We continue to work to diversify our client base and create opportunity for our teams.
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