Never been more stressed - Account Executive DuMont Project Employee Review

1.0
Sep 11, 2018
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Pros

Every job since has seemed like a breeze in comparison

Cons

Let's see, where to begin. How about the barrage of texts and calls in the middle of the night demanding something which had never previously been asked for? Then, when you scramble to finish it on time, losing a night of sleep, no one even looks at it? How about promising a raise if you take on a major new role in addition to your current role, and then just saying "never mind, we reconsidered," after you've completed the work? How about approving and gushing over the quality of work prior to presenting it to a client – and then while in the meeting with the client the SAME executive (Dawn herself) tears it apart and says everyone needs to start all over? Lying to clients regularly. Forcing employees to double, triple, and quadruple count hours so they can jack up the client bills. Promising that you are "dedicated full time" to 5-10 different clients, and running you ragged to keep up. The absolute worst years of my professional life - no contest. Some of the people I met here were wonderful, but the executive team has serious problems. Avoid like the plague.

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DuMont Project Response
7y
Thank you for your review. We would like to respond to the following claims: Lying to clients regularly. Forcing employees to double, triple, and quadruple count hours so they can jack up the client bills.: This is a serious and false allegation. This is just patently false. The Company negotiates its consulting fees upfront and any overage in hours is absorbed by the Company or pre-negotiated in writing to be paid by the Client. The Company stands by its strong ethics and morals when it comes to fulfilling client contracts and expectations. as far as the employee's account of her experience:We have a very dedicated team and the existing team truly supports each other. Many employees have been with the company for more than 5 years. We do have a very strong work ethic and make that clear in the interviewing process on the way in and the senior team never asks anyone to do anything that they wouldn’t, or couldn’t, or don’t do themselves. Because of the nature of client services, we do work to the client’s hours which can sometime be long, but the team also enjoys hanging out with each other during happy hours, annual parties, bowling events, karaoke, and many other team outings. We also protect people on their vacations – meaning they truly take their vacations and are left alone. The leadership team promotes and trains the rest of the team to foster their career growth at DuMont Project and we give people multiple chances to correct their behavior and learn when they make mistakes before they are terminated; however, when people fail to perform multiple times, we do terminate them. We are always striving to improve the way we treat our employees and create a nurturing environment.

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Exposure to top notch brands and some of the most brilliant marketers and analytics people in the industry. Communicative, willing to address concerns, always striving for improvement and learnings.

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The fast paced nature can lead to some long days. Travel requirements can be exhausting at times.

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DuMont Project Response
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Thank you for your review! We look forward to better managing travel as best we can. we will work on soundproofing the conference rooms.
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