Good product, poor leadership - Manager BDS Analytics Employee Review

I would 100% encourage you to apply! There are many pro's of working at BDSA - and the leadership team continues to make the company an even better place to work month over month. As a current employee, I am actually quite taken back by some of the negative comments listed below. Sure, this last year and a half has been hard for most companies in many ways (2020 - May, 2021), although BDSA continues to grow at an exciting pace in support of clients needs and the booming cannabis industry, Along with that growth comes higher expectations of it's employees, bigger goals, new product development initiatives, etc. Over the last year and a half - BDSA has continued to hit goals - and the leadership team rewards it's employees for the hard work put in to hit company targets. Here are a few pro's that sick out to me: --Outstanding reputation amongst cannabis industry professionals and in CPG/BevAlc industries. --Leadership team that is personable, professional, approachable, friendly, and extremely intelligent and strategic. --Smart, driven, and kind-hearted staff that knows how to both have fun and be heads-down at work. --Unlimited PTO and flexible time off. --401K matching/free dental/vision --Streamlined internal processes that allow employees to see projects through to completion. --Interesting work/products that help propel the entire cannabis industry forward through insightful data and research. --Laid back office culture, while also remaining professional at all times.

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- First off, everything prior reviews covered were absolutely spot on. The culture at BDSA under the prior regime was a miserable experience, but things greatly improved when the CEO and a particular "SVP" were ousted seemingly overnight. - The fully remote lifestyle allows you to live a life outside of work to the best of your ability, days would go by where no one would check in on what I was doing, but I'm not sure if that is a pro or a con. - The work itself is pretty cool. Working with cannabis data and building interesting solutions was an interesting theory/proposition.

- The new executive leadership is very compassionate but its the middle management where things suffer still. The "Directors" of the company are, in many cases, individuals 4-5 year post-undergrad who, as a result of the massive turnover BDSA had experienced historically, were anointed leaders given they were some of the only people left who understood the product. - Given the inexperience, its common for middle management to jockey for position politically, often disparaging one another behind close doors to subordinates and putting them in an uncomfortable position. - Absolutely little to no effort put into the career development of employees. Not really given clear paths of advancement or salary/bonus expectations.