Don't work here - Anonymous employee DAI Employee Review

1.0
24 Aug 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The job itself was interesting but work you can do at an development company without putting up with severely poor good ol' boys management style.

Cons

Severely poor mismanagement that is very lax about serious issues. Depending on the manager, sexual harassment, hostile working environments, discrimination and more, are allowed to fester (or engaged in by the manager himself) when working abroad. A cowboy mentality to development work.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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