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Disruptive Advertising

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Toxic leader that taints every level of this company - Anonymous Employee Disruptive Advertising Employee Review

1.0
Jun 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Pretty good break room snacks.

Cons

The CEO here is emotionally unstable, a master manipulator, and involved in every aspect of this company. Employees at every level from account managers to executives are constantly stressing about his approval, and can never get it. He's fired, "managed out", or lost every talented employee that has walked into this company with his emotional bullying and lack of true humility. You can see the way he deals with people in his compulsive and unapologetic response to every single review here on Glassdoor - the fake responses of "ah I'm sorry you had a bad experience. We're working to make things better, thanks for sharing!". That is every interaction I ever had with him to a T. Full of platitudes and fake sincerity, thanking you for sharing, and then proceeding to tell you why you are failing at your job (or even more manipulatively saying "I've failed at my job because I should have never hired you for this job in the first place" lol. Every meeting that Jake is involved in eventually turns into a group therapy session with him leading out with contrived vulnerability, and then expecting others to do the same. He uses these experiences to push his baby, Disruptive University, on employees, making it seem like if you want to be successful in business you have to engage in this type of group therapy and "self improvement" nonsense. He's somehow convinced himself that his "business success" has anything to do with all the self help books he's read, and that if everyone else did all the same things he's done they would be just as successful. Unfortunately this entire company is an extension of Jake himself. I strongly advise against anyone considering to work here. Every person I've talked to who has left has said what a relief it is to be out from under Jake's thumb, how much less stressful literally any other company is, and how glad they are to be in a normal work environment again where the company isn't treated like a Tony Robbins seminar.

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5.0
Jun 4, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

As a newer employee at Disruptive, I've felt really welcomed and supported by my team, which has been nice. It’s definitely a fast paced environment, but that’s pretty typical in the agency world and not something I see as a negative. One thing I appreciate is that Disruptive takes the time to understand the “why” behind client goals which makes the work feel more meaningful. It feels like there is a real effort to provide the right resources and support to succeed. I’ve also found the DU courses to be valuable from what I know about them so far.

Cons

None that I have experienced so far

4.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Fully remote with the option for office use for locals - Pretty good work life balance - Love the people on my team - Caring committee budget to fund community give-back projects - Money games - A lot of genuinely great clients

Cons

- It can be high pressure to be responsible to drive results for clients and their business growth - In order to achieve career and salary growth, you typically have to find a way to balance work across 20+ accounts while also doing great work - There are things on the administrative/corporate owned side of things creating direct barriers to keeping clients happy

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