Great work-life balance but limited promotion opportunities - Senior Associate DEPT Employee Review

4.0
May 27, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Great work-life balance - Awesome people - Overall decent benefits

Cons

- Feels like there’s not much room to move up or get promoted - Can be lots of busy days depending on how intense your client(s) is

Explore other reviews about DEPT

5.0
Dec 11, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lots of individuals that make up many teams from design, copy, motion, production artists, and even full-time strategists.

Cons

I left right before a big merge, so I can't speak to how it is after the merge. This review may be outdated.

1.0
May 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The design team is very talented and kind.

Cons

Very boring agency to work at. They only claim the agency is not doing good, "we don't have money" so no raises, 1.2% merit increases this year. This doesn't even keep up with inflation rate. At this company you will just be a number on a spreadsheet, waiting to get laid off because they would rather use a million different AI than hire any entry level positions. They fail almost every pitch because the leadership is empty-headed, comes in and changes the entire concepts and decks. And they claim they are very transparent and B-corp but they discriminate against POC all the time and lie about your prospects at their company. It's really not worth your nerves to work for them.

2
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All