A dying company - Engineer Data I/O Employee Review

1.0
Aug 7, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Hard to come up with any at this point

Cons

The new management is completely destroying the company that once was a great place to work for. Bad business ideas, horrid management style, oppressive environment. Best people are currently heading for the exits. Stay away.

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5.0
Mar 31, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Good work life balance. Nice pay and bonus on years the company is profitable.

Cons

On years the company breaks even or is at a bit of a loss, no bonus. Even if you hit all your deliverables and requirements for one. Its understandable and frustrating at the same time.

1.0
Aug 9, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Lots of nice people at staff level and in production - Used to have reputation for work-life balance and decent benefits, but most pros eliminated by new CEO

Cons

- Company is in a no growth market and CEO has no strategy, only talks about himself and what he did ~20 years ago (incessantly) - New CEO manages by impulsive, random edicts and publicly degenerated team members - New CEO not at all focused - No clear requirements for engineers - New CEO doesn't understand product development or engineering, knows little to nothing about software development - New CEO doesn't appear to have ever built and supported a product - Company cuts costs on benefits, PTO, flexibility to make up for lack of growth and no viable strategy from new CEO - Company's tech and current market is a dead end, so are careers there

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