Pros
- Daxko has historically been open to hiring people without direct tech experience. This can make it a good place to start a career or change career paths. - Daxko has an annual leadership conference that they invest heavily in. They cascade the learnings from this conference down to each team member. - Recently, Daxko has taken action toward improving its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts. They’ve invested a lot of time and money in this, and the people leading this are doing a great job. - This differs from a lot of the reviews you will read here, but Daxko’s CEO is probably a key reason the company still exists in the form it does. Plenty of cons, but I think his performance has been unfairly judged through a narrow lens.
Cons
- Team members do not trust senior leadership for a massive list of reasons. Overall, growth and positioning the company’s balance sheet is now the company’s only priority. - "Strategies" being discussed by some leaders are just for show. The only strategy in 2021 is to create a sales brochure for the shareholders of Daxko. They're not fighting to keep key team members who care about the mission and have decades of industry experience and expertise. - Compensation: Daxko hired a firm to complete a “study” and senior leadership holds onto this expensive report to defend its lack of paying anywhere close to market rate. You can browse open jobs and talk to people who have left for the actual data. They didn’t do merit increases this year and have refused to pay people their agreed-upon pay raises (not the same thing as merit increases). This speaks to the trust point above. - Talent: Like many companies, Daxko chose to lay off many team members when the pandemic began. This exposed a severe lack of talent vision and understanding of modern technology requirements. Specialists we relied on were let go, while team members with no skills or collectively earned respect were retained and put in critical roles. These red flags were raised at the time, received no response, and the units they manage now are struggling as a result. A common scenario is this: a team of qualified leaders being “led” by someone who lacks domain and/or leadership abilities. Our team lead was the least talented member of the team and not a respected leader at all. - Leadership/Lack of Accountability: This will speak to trust more than any other con. One c-level leader lacks the knowledge and integrity to lead any team at Daxko, especially a large organization within the company. He has repeatedly displayed a glaring lack of understanding of current industry trends and even made a sexist comment in front of other senior leaders without any action being taken. This is the largest source of frustration from my POV and has been the primary reason people are leaving this “leader’s” organization in droves (7-8 team members in the same number of weeks).