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      High turnover and unreasonable hours - Senior Software Engineer DDN Employee Review

      1.0
      Oct 31, 2025
      Senior software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Some talented and passionate colleagues who genuinely care about the products. Interesting technology in the storage space, though always playing catch-up to competitors like VAST.

      Cons

      Extremely high turnover for more than a year — employees leave or are terminated suddenly without clear communication. People often “disappear” from Slack and email, followed by vague announcements about “strategic realignments.” Constant pressure and unrealistic workload expectations, including mandatory weekend support, long days, and being asked to stay available during holidays — all these without any compensation. Lack of transparency from engineering leadership. The focus seems entirely on pushing toward an IPO, with little attention given to employee well-being or the long-term development of other projects.

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      DDN Response
      7mo
      Thank you for taking the time to share your honest feedback. We are glad to hear you appreciated the passion and talent of your colleagues and the exciting work happening to drive our market leadership in AI technology. We also want to acknowledge your concerns about communication, workload, and transparency. These are areas we are actively working to improve and strengthen through leadership communication and employee engagement survey feedback. We know that growth can bring challenges and committed to building an environment where our people feel supported, informed, and valued. Your input helps us continue to improve as we remain committed to supporting our employees and fostering a culture of openness, balance, and innovation.

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      5.0
      Oct 21, 2025
      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Great outlook and growing industry

      Cons

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      1.0
      Jun 9, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      There WERE great people who worked there. But wow, they are dropping like flies. “Unlimited” PTO

      Cons

      Benefits are weak, pay is way below industry for engineers. Leadership is literally ripping out entire departments from the top down.A VP is fired, the new person starts, the new person fires the entire team and replaces it with their own people. A person will be let go and days later the replacement will start. It has impacted so many departments and isn’t stopping any time soon. I’ve already seen it happen in Product/engineering, Finance, HR, Recruiting and other outlying departments. Most people I’m aware of are actively looking because they know the goal is to basically rebuild the company with all new people. It’s chaotic, it’s toxic, RUN!

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