A company that cares about its employees and clients - Lead Research Advisor dscout Employee Review

5.0
Jan 17, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Thoughtful leadership team that makes an effort to get to know everyone at all levels throughout the company. They work hard to make employees know they're cared for. - Supportive work environment. Everyone at this company is approachable, making collaboration exciting and large company events fun and comfortable. It's easy to chat with a new colleague and feel like you've been friends forever. - Encouragement to learn and try new things. Management actively encourages process improvements and brand new ideas to better serve our clients and make the company a better place to work. Credit is always given where it's due. - Strong work-life balance. It's rare to have a client-facing role that allows you to log of at a consistent time each day and not require you to work on weekends. dscout promotes flexing work to prevent overload and burnout, and offers flexible PTO that management is fully bought-into.

Cons

- As we've gotten bigger, we've naturally gotten more siloed. It can feel hard to get to know other departments, what their goals are, and understand the reasoning behind processes/decisions they put in place. - The company doesn't feel as transparent as it used to be when it was smaller and a true startup. Finding information and updates can be difficult if you don't know who to ask or where to look.

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dscout Response
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Thank you so much for taking the time to write this review! It’s wonderful to hear that this has been your experience, and to know that you feel cared for and supported at dscout. Your recognition of our leadership team’s efforts and encouragement for learning and for new ideas is very much appreciated. Absolutely hear and note your feedback around increased silos and a perceived decrease in transparency as we’ve grown. The team is actively working to establish more cross-departmental collaboration and community-building opportunities in hopes of furthering efforts to break down these silos. Also, as we think more about “What to Fix” throughout 2024, we would be all ears for any ideas you would have to share, especially around improved information sharing! Thank you for being a valuable part of the dscout team and for helping us to make dscout a great place to work.

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