Pros
Great coworkers will you help commiserate the nightmarish culture that is Doner.
Cons
Doner, much like Sisyphus pushing his bolder up a hill, is on a mission to rebrand itself... again. The latest offering is, "Audacious Things for Ambitious Brands" can be reinterpreted as" Fraudacious Strategies for Unsuspecting Clients". Let's shift gears from arrogant mantras and stay with the theme of greek mythology to discuss Doner's biggest Achilles' heel, terrible strategies. This is and has always been their trademark crux that often leads to very long hours and many starts, stops and restarts for the creative department. It's a classic example of the righthand not knowing (or even caring) what the lefthand is doing. Spoiler alert, the righthand is patting itself on the back while the lefthand is shooting itself in the foot. The proof is a revolving client roster that comes and goes at such a dizzying pace it leads to the exhaustion Doner's employees. Some even exhibit signs of post traumatic stress disorder. Not... even... joking. Doner's CEO often lauds Doner's midwest heritage with an "Aw shucks" schtick that is quite convincing to new clients but it's no secret he desperately wants to be a New York agency. This must explain why he hired an ambitiously mediocre CCO from New York to run Doner's daily operation. This allows him the freedom to rarely be seen at Doner. And if you're into CCOs that give condescending feedback that is equal parts ambiguity to equal parts incoherence, than he's your fella. Let's not forget his dual creative legacy boasts Band-Aid's "Glambulance" and Smithfield's "Hambulance". Two different clients at two different agencies. Similar but different but very, very similar. Don't even get me started his advertising costumes and lil' flower accoutrements. Blerg!!! But let's not forget the culture. In an effort to improve low morale, Doner appointed a cultural czar that doesn't even live in Detroit and is rarely in the Southfield headquarters. Brilliant appointment. Other morale boosting efforts include agency stairwell meeting with the comedic stylings of the CEO and CCO. The true comedy comes when they mispronounce the names and titles of the employees they awkwardly attempt to praise. "Beep, bop... we are human just like you." Their attempts of being likable is as painful as an Emo Phillips comedy marathon. Did I mention that a big part of the management culture is stealing ideas from lower level employees and masquerading them as their own? Oh yeah, low wages, tons of overtime and the high probability of not being able to attend the shoot for an idea that is yours are pretty standard parts of the Doner culture. Did I mention tons of overtime?