Where's The Science? - Scientific Software Engineer DNAnexus Employee Review

Competitive salary. Great culture. Competitive benefits. Several generous perks that ensure employee well-being.

Communication across cross-functional groups and from leadership down to others can be less than ideal at times, but this continues to improve as leadership works through the growing pains that come with scaling a company and going from good to great.

They offer unlimited PTO to their employees

Companies often go through similar patterns of growth. Innovation and excitement usually kick things off. Stagnation can then occur, initiated by lack of product fit to market needs. It's then that company culture can shift dramatically. In the case of DNAnexus, they began struggling so much that they started to withhold payment to their employees - significant amounts (5 figures). They terminate employees for speaking up on the matter. It's clearly a sign of a sinking ship.