You DONT want to work here. - Anonymous employee d2 Publicity Employee Review

1.0
18 July 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Learning Experience A couple of cool clients Small Firm

Cons

You go into a company excited for the opportunity and being there, and come to find condescending micro management to the fullest. This is the culture behind d2. No room to grow, they take advantage of "green" publicists, set unrealistic demands, although you manage to cope for the sake of your job. Employee feedback is hardly taken. You go to work tense and go home tense. While the LA partner is much nicer, the NYC partner Ereka Dunn seems to take the lead and is an absolute monster, rude, unprofessional, condescending. If you are looking for a pit stop, might consider working here--to learn a little, but you wont grow at all, salary is very little, but thats no surprise in PR. It is really hard to keep the motivation and eagerness to work well when you are not valued as an employee or at least showed that you are. They have experienced a high turnover in employment and its no surprise. They basically find girls to do all the work and the partners do the "client management". As a company if you are going to take in that much work, then hire the necessary work force, if you can't afford to, then as an owner do some work too and dont take the eagerness and life out of young employees. You try to talk to them in a professional setting, mostly via email to explain a situation but in return you get capital letters and Ereka's favorit words ABOMINATION and ABYSMAL. You feel like you are back in an elementary school nightmare. Take this advise and pass on this one, there is more out there for you, with people that will really cherish and appreciate the hard work you put on.

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5.0
12 Mar 2018
Anonymous intern
Recommend
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Pros

- Real world experience - Variety of tasks (press searching, press clipping, press releases, creating lists, etc.) - Fun and creative work environment Absolutely loved working at d2. I learned so many great skills that I would've never learned in a class room. Overall, this opportunity will greatly help me in my career.

Cons

Only con was that it was unpaid (worked 24 hours a week)

5.0
22 Sept 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I got my start in PR at d2 publicity straight out of college in the NY office led by Ereka Dunn. I worked for d2 for years and I must say, it was an excellent place to work. I learned so much from Ereka Dunn & Kathy Djonlich and they both were mentors to me. It’s a small environment which is ideal to those who like access to the client and ability to contribute in a bigger way to campaigns. I enjoyed the travel opportunities and working on a variety of clients, vs many other firms I know that only allow you to work within 1 sector. While I was there I got to work on many cool clients, work great events and move up within the organization. Overall, it was a great experience if you want to be mentored and really learn the nuts & bolts of fashion, beauty & lifestyle PR in a fast-paced, tight knit environment. The expectations are high, and not everyone can “cut it” there, but if you are someone that likes to think outside the box and are entrepreneurial & a multi-tasker, this is a great company to work for.

Cons

Have to be good at juggling many things at once. This is not the place to coast.

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