A great place to work part-time. - Anonymous employee Devada Employee Review

1.0
Jun 16, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

If you are not seriously tied to this company or its future, then you will occasionally enjoy free food, beverages (they've got a keg!), video games, a 9:30AM start to the work day, and a very chill atmosphere. There are few workplace policies, and those that exist are hardly ever enforced, so you can get away with taking time off, taking frequent breaks, or just enjoying time with co-workers.

Cons

Other reviewers have already said a lot to define DZone's pitfalls. I'll only add that the biggest problem i saw was an unending commitment to vague expectations by the people who had built the company. The owners were constantly talking about where the company was going, but it only seemed like 3 or 4 employees had jobs that were well-defined enough to make any headway. The rest of us struggled to either create work for ourselves or do a different job each day as we were moved from office to office, fulfilling new roles each week or two.

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5.0
Oct 8, 2021
Anonymous intern
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

A lot of of good areas to grow

Cons

No cons. Overall, it was amazing.

5.0
Feb 27, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

DZone is a startup where you can make a real difference every day if you want to. It's a much better place to work than some of the negative reviewers here suggest, so I'd take the negative stuff with a big grain of salt. For example, the person who said there aren't any benefits is just plain wrong or lying. I got to choose from 6 different health insurance plans, and about 5-6 different vision and dental plans, and I get disability and life insurance that is totally paid for by the company. I think everybody in the company gets that. If you have what it takes to survive your first 90 days at DZone, then you will almost certainly also get solid raises and bonuses. I know I have, and I enjoy going to work and being part of the DZone team every day. It's a great place that demands a lot from you, but it feels really good to be a part of the success that DZone is building. Our customers are awesome, the products are awesome, and the team is awesome. I love the place.

Cons

You really can't coast or tread water for very long - you have to keep producing results to succeed, and sometimes it's hard. People who expect to leave work behind them when they leave the office will probably have a hard time. You have to work hard to succeed at DZone, maybe too hard.

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