Senior Management & Sales Set Digital Marketing Up To FAIL - Digital Marketing Specialist Wakefly Employee Review

1.0
Jun 3, 2016
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Pros

- Co-workers are a great collection of professionals that would do anything for each other and I consider most of them great friends - Department Director treated his employees like family. Respected them BOTH professionally and personally unlike senior management

Cons

- Senior management out of touch with Digital Marketing & did more harm than good by undermining the department at every turn - Unwilling to pay top flight talent to provide expertise that was badly missing - Upper management played favorites & protected an individual from deserved discipline - Sales sold exuberant, unrealistic contracts that could not be delivered upon - Layoffs directly attributed to clients sniffing out the "Smoke & Mirrors" act and leaving the agency - Company culture went from really fun (nerf gun fights, etc) to factory like (open concept, no heat in new office, minimal employee interaction) in just two years.....it all changed when senior managment got the blood lust for $$$$ - DON'T believe they the lip service that Wakefly is Pro- Employee....it's Pro - Making $$$ & NOTHING else.. - Pay is extremely low due to Senior Management's motto 'Anyone Can Do The Job" - PTO program is only 10 days for the first 2 years that includes sick, personal AND vacation....so take your vitamins! - The career path leads to a cliff..... - Bonuses mysteriously disappeared and senior management swept it under the rug

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5.0
Nov 1, 2017
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Pros

Great group of people. Very friendly, open environment and everyone is enthusiastic about the high quality solutions we create.

Cons

No major cons I can think of. There did seem to be an unusually high turnover of full time employees in the recent months, but could just be a coincidence, didn't see a reason culture-wise for people to be moving to other companies.

3.0
Mar 23, 2026
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Pros

- Good People - Flexible Hours - Casual Environment

Cons

- Poor managment - CEO doesnt follow their own policies (both as far as internal operating procedures, referred to as "Dean Specials" as well as company handbook policies, ex.: dating your direct reports) - Shifting responsibilities instead of replacing lost staff - Managment would constantly ask for feedback for new business to better improve workflows but then would brush off any suggestions actually offered.

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