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PACIFIC Digital Group Reviews

3.0

46% would recommend to a friend

(35 total reviews)

Norman Brauns

47% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

PACIFIC Digital Group has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 35 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The PACIFIC Digital Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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35 reviews
1.0
27 Apr 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It's a job when you need a job. It's dog-friendly.

Cons

Someone in a C-level position is known in SD for harassing women. Mansplaining, sexual harassing, underpaying, and straight up questioning women for expressing their professional opinion, is something he does for many years. It is against the website policy to name individuals, but if you are looking to work for a company that devalues women, look no further. You will find the right boss here. I do not comprehend how this still happens today, post #metoo movement.

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PACIFIC Digital Group Response
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At PACIFIC, we take sexual harassment accusations very seriously. We have a robust Anti-Harassment and Anti-Discrimination policy paired with a complaint procedure to provide a prompt, thorough, and objective investigation to any claim of discriminatory treatment or harassment. We encourage anyone who has experienced, witnessed, or been made aware of any discrimination or harassment to report it to Human Resources, or anyone in Leadership (Supervisor, Director, VP, or C-level staff) as soon as possible. PACIFIC maintains employee confidentiality during the investigation. We also have an Anti-Retaliation Policy to protect anyone who submits a complaint. Within the first 90 days of employment at PACIFIC, all staff must review and provide written acknowledgement they understand and accept our Anti-Harassment and Anti-Discrimination policy. They must also participate in training regarding the policy and are required to take a written test to ensure they understand the policy. And per California law, every two years all employees must attend a mandatory company-wide training and re-certification workshop delivered by an independent 3rd-party Human Resources law firm. All employees are required to provide written acknowledgement of participation and are provided a certificate indicating they were in attendance. These preventative measures are viewed as effective because, prior to this anonymous posting and going back several years, PACIFIC has received no complaints or reports of harassment or discrimination. Since these are very serious accusations, I encourage you to reach out to me directly to discuss your experience so we can investigate thoroughly and, if necessary, take action to protect current and future staff.
1.0
11 June 2019

The ship is sinking

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Departmental supervisors, managers, and directors are reliable. They do their best to support employees when the company allows them to.

Cons

PACIFIC will take on clients who expect everything under the sun that are not willing to pay for the services. Employees and the ELT call some of the clients "pizza money" because that's how little they pay for services. The CEO doesn't care about this because he's obsessed with having top brand names in his wheelhouse, even if it means the company has to bleed money or employees. Meanwhile, departments are not given the resources needed to complete the best work possible, and the company's reasoning for not supporting employees is "we're a startup. we can't afford this." I'll confirm that the previous posts about the C-level employee are accurate. This person is known very well at PACIFIC for making employees (especially women) feel stupid in their area of expertise, harassing employees that try to speak their mind, among other things...I watched this person place glass ceilings over women in leadership positions time and time again. Women in the office are told by their managers to go home once it gets late on the nights that this person is still at the office so they're not left alone with him. I witnessed this same employee verbally harass both male and female employees repeatedly, by cursing them, belittling them, and threatening to fire them. As for my personal experiences with this C-level employee, they asked questions in my interview, including my age and relationship status. While this may not be outlined as a "don't" in the company's "Expected Behaviors," it is against the law. And the company's previous response, where it states "prior to this anonymous posting and going back several years, PACIFIC has received no complaints or reports of harassment or discrimination," is false. There was at least one sexual harassment incident that was reported directly to HR within the last few years.

2.0
15 Jan 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

PACIFIC has a few really great minds on the team. If you have never worked on large sites, this is a great way to get some experience on some large brands.

Cons

-ELT (Upper Management) is an absolute mess - The company is held up by a single client - Super slow to hire, so expect heavy workloads - They are notorious for firing people left and right - so expect to pick up that extra work - No real transparency from management - No strong processes in place - Extremely low bonuses expect around 2% if you get one at all - Pay is very low for the work you do - if you are looking for money, go somewhere else - Pay increases / reviews are once a year unless you have an offer from someone else, wink wink - Working from home is frowned upon - No transparency into career progression - if you stay long enough you will probably be promoted because they will fire those above you - Contracts with long standing retainers are being changed for the worst, which is upsetting these clients - Management does not take feedback well - there is a reason you stopped winning 'Best Places To Work' after 2016 - Can be very clicky at times - CEO is incredibly stubborn

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