The sad demise of a once-great company - Sr analytics engineer Brooklyn Data Employee Review

1.0
26 June 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Colleagues were fantastic. I learned a ton from them. Too bad only about 10% of them remain at the company.

Cons

If you see good reviews here, check the date. Only negative things have happened since the acquisition by Velir. At the peak, I worked with over 100 great colleagues, and at best maybe 10% still remain. Everyone else has fled or is hoping to flee as quickly as possible. The new HR team broke promises, lied, and generally punished people for advocating for transparency and honesty. It's really heartbreaking to see what happened to the organization and would be a great case study in how to acquire a business and then destroy it & leave it in complete shambles.

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5.0
19 Jan 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the best data professionals I’ve ever worked with. The standard of work here is great, and there is so much to learn from the people here. Work life balance is respected, though there are definitely some busy periods. A lot of upper management have families and are very understanding of being flexible with one’s schedule Interesting clients who trust us a great deal Company values are evident in the way they treat their employees

Cons

Some projects can be improperly staffed, which makes the manager or high performing ICs shoulder the burden of figuring out a solution It sometimes feels like a startup, which can be a pro (flexible, quick to adapt), but also a con (can be asked to do much more than your job description). Though you’re only expected to log 40 hours a week, with breaks and refractory period between meetings it can easily feel like a 50hour work week on the regular.

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3.0
8 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great humans and culture prior to sale to Velir

Cons

Executives undervalued employees and produced a burnout factory

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