On the decline since 2013 - Anonymous employee Direct Agents Employee Review

1.0
Aug 25, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good company to get your first experience out of school. Not a good company to further your career. Great at putting up fake Glassdoor reviews- nobody I worked with would have ever put in a 5 star much less give the CEO their approval

Cons

Flawed business model, lives on lying to clients, not paying partners and screwing over employees. The affiliate, lead gen, and e-mail business is dead here. Search you will work on tiny accounts. If you want to do sales do sales anywhere else where you will make more money. Look at the founders and management, then look at leaders in the agency world. Do you really trust your future to someone who has only run one business? Other agencies with less years under their belt are flying past them, and have decades of experience running multiple companies. Look at the current employees on Linked-in, and see how it's only upper management and entry level employees- there is very little opportunity for advancement unless you happen to be friends with someone at another company that can give you business, and you can carve out an exclusive niche, otherwise you will be competing with the other companies that do the same thing much better than Direct Agents can. Linked-in message a few former employees and I am sure they will let you know what it is like before you don't go. Terrible insurance, standard 401k with no match, you can get a free banana every day which is cool I guess.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
Apr 3, 2026
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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Hands down the culture and work EXPERIENCE! It’s an agency so prepare to be on your toes everyday. If fast pace isn’t your vibe then this is NOT the place for you. First off, the culture. Since leaving DA I’ve had two different job opportunities it big corporations and it doesn’t compare to this place. Some of my closest personal relationships are from either DA alums or still there. There’s a unity feeling there that I couldn’t and still can’t find in the workplace. Many of my professional “cheerleaders” are from DA and the network really grows if YOU put an effort. Now to work experience, I truly felt sometimes I was overworked and overstressed but when I say this truly prepares you for whatever you decide comes next. The things you learn here will put you ahead of the game. You will hate it in real time but you’ll be learning things beyond your role and expertise. I think that’s a plus of an agency experience.

Cons

The pressure you get from management and the constant changes/requests. Expectations can be very intense but I mean it really preps you for anything.

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