*USED* to be great - Anonymous employee Decisive Data Employee Review

1.0
Apr 9, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The employees here are top notch and are great to work with. They are smart and driven and will support you with anything you need. Its a great place to work to get a year or two of work experience out of college and then move on to better places that will pay you what you are worth!

Cons

The leadership team has taken a turn for the worst! They have added so many C level positions that are proving to make things around here more difficult and stressful. There used to be a great work life balance but that looks to be going out the window as well now. The owner, used to be pretty hands on a present but over the last 2 years has become pretty much MIA and listens to advisers that do not work for the company to make decisions regarding the people who work here. This place started to go down hill when they brought in several C level people. Since then, it's become a race to the bottom. I know of about a dozen people who are currently looking to get out of here and it's a race to the door. You are underpaid and that was ok when it was a great culture. But that is fading quickly and you aren't going to get paid more to make up for it.

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5.0
Oct 5, 2020
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Pros

Culture, freedom to learn, friendliness.

Cons

High turnover led to difficult projects.

5.0
Jul 11, 2017
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Pros

Decisive Data has a very laid back culture that encourages asking questions and learning. The obvious things like work from home policy, expected hours, dress code, work/life balance, etc. are laid back, but I also say laid back because I find that people are very understanding if you don't know something or make a mistake. We have all been there. DD also pushes employees to constantly be learning, which is great for finding new challenges and also building up your resume.

Cons

Like any consulting company, there are a lot of moving parts - the client, the account manager, the SOW, the project manager, the resourcing team, the developers... We are only as strong as our weakest link. For example, if the project manager doesn't write up the hour estimates, then the resourcing manager will put you on more projects, then you're stretched too thin on those projects but committed to them because there is nobody else available, and you don't even like these projects because you wanted to practice a totally different skill in the first place. DD does their best to double check the processes to make sure the entire system is operating smoothly, but the reality is sometimes people can be on less-than-ideal projects for a variety of reasons. Additionally, though there are a TON of intangible benefits, everybody's looking at one tangible benefit - money. DD pays well considering its size, but if you are willing to sell your soul to a big corporation, you could find higher pay.

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