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Direct West lacks a large sense of compassion and presence from management. Whether you're getting brought on as a new hire or moving on to other things in your career, you most likely won't see or hear from management. The current culture at direct west revolves around whispers and employees avoiding being in the office at any cost - Staff is micromanaged and under appreciated. There is no team work happening as people are fending for themselves . The work/life balance is LOW and when that occurs morale and positivity drop. That's what is happening here. Rather than addressing the issue and having open dialogue management is in meetings, making decisions without consulting staff, and vague about all communication  stressful and you feel like a number in a small company of 100.

I started working at Directwest in 2006 in the Finance department. As my knowledge and experience grew within the company I had the opportunity to move to the position I am in today. Over the past 15 years I have got to know a lot of my co-workers and consider them my second family. I have also developed friendships with some of these co-workers, some who have moved on within their career but still am very close with. I am grateful for the opportunities Directwest has given me and enjoy working here. I am a farm girl at heart and proud to be a part of a Saskatchewan-based company that supports local businesses by providing all of their advertising needs which allows them to succeed. I would definitely recommend working at Directwest!

Things are constantly changing at Directwest so be prepared to learn something new. New products are being rolled out all the time. Gives employees a chance to learn new things and advance skills. Directwest provides training to employees who are willing to learn new things. It is one of the smaller crowns so there may not be as much movement but that is also a positive as the customer service reps know the IT department staff etc. The executive staff know who everyone is and make a point to have conversations with employees. People stay working here because of the people they work with, everyone is always willing to help out.

I thought that it was odd from the beginning when the initial training was consisted of online modules with very little support of the manager. But it got worse when I started doing lot of traveling that was not at all mentioned during interviews. My first month working for them I was 11 days of the 22 business days away from home, every month that was at least a week away from home. There is a lot of good intention from upper management and some smart and nice people that work there but overall there is a lot of stress and a lot of mental health problems occurring with the employees of the company.  For that reason I would not recommend a friend to work for this company.

Although this company is quite enticing in the beginning, career advancement isn't in your hands - It's in the hands of the management who hand picks people for positions. The culture is so skewed and negative that you're basically told to suck it up, do your work and hopefully everything will get better in 2-3 years. It's not motivating and quickly becomes exhausting. They need to improve communication and work on shifting the overall morale of the company.

company comprises of old people. lots of company politics etc. Stressful environment but My direct boss is a good man. it advertising and marketing  company . typical work includes conducting marketing research and research highlight for the company website

No room to advance at this business.  The management staff is hand picked and completely clueless.  This company has no direction and won’t be around in the next 5 years if they don’t re- evaluate and get rid of the boys clue and hire some intelligent leaders.

Ran Front Desk
Ran Adobe Suite (Specifically Illustrator) 
Basic Maintenance
Fire Marshall
Chief CPR/First Aid
Can lift a bundle of phone books up a flight of stairs (would rather not)

Although there is lots of change the teams are amazing, very interesting and challenging work, and I feel fully supported by my team and the management team

I have never been so worn out by a sales/marketing role. You will have massive budgets, little support, horrible upper management who only care about numbers. They care little about customers, but love when the sales role in.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Business advisor 2 salaries reported	$58,400 per year
Sales advisor 2 salaries reported	$75,625 per year
Business support manager 3 salaries reported	$80,000 per year
Account specialist 1 salary reported	$71,000 per year
Web designer 2 salaries reported	$62,500 per year

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