Daxko

Female engineers beware - Anonymous employee Daxko Employee Review

1.0

14 Mar 2019

Anonymous employee

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Pros

I was able to get some good experience working on challenging projects with current technologies/languages and agile methodologies. The office has a casual dress code and modern workspaces.

Cons

I was one of only two female engineers in the office, and we were both in our twenties. I mention that because older and more experienced female engineers probably knew better than to work at Daxko. During my two years of employment at Daxko, I saw no women in engineering management or engineering leadership. In fact, the two highest-ranking women in the whole company quit during the time that I was employed at Daxko, and a third soon after. The stereotypical bro culture is alive and well in the engineering department. My work was solid and I received nothing but good reviews from management, but my appearance and personal life were common topics of conversation among the men in the engineering department. I was always fighting to be respected and taken seriously. No matter how hard I worked, how professional I was, how appropriately friendly I was, it didn't matter. I was promoted without a raise, and when I left for a new company, I was immediately making 1.5 times what I made at Daxko. Members of leadership that I trusted would joke about me behind my back to other male coworkers. I filed a report with HR after one of them was physically inappropriate with me at a company party. Somehow, people found out and the rumors got worse. I quit a few months later. Since I've left Daxko, they've hired a new CEO who has been at the company less than a year and already has several harassment complaints against him. Read some other reviews-- he's misogynistic, and so are some of the new members of leadership that he's hired. Female engineers, stay away.

Daxko Response

Thank you for your feedback and review. It saddens us to hear that you didn’t have a good experience at Daxko. We want to address a few of the items you listed in your response. Women Leadership & Women in Technology - When it comes to representation of women in tech jobs, women hold 10 percent at Twitter, 15 percent at Facebook, and 17 percent of the tech jobs at Google. While the number of women in technology jobs at Daxko is on par with these numbers, our recruiting teams constantly strive to increase the diversity of our teams across the board. We welcome and encourage diverse applicants, including women for engineering and other tech positions. With respect to women in leadership, under our new CEO, 48% of all promotions in the last 6 months at Daxko have been female team members. Our new Chief Revenue Officer is also female. This brings the total women reporting to the CEO four out of nine. Complaint filed with HR – Daxko’s People Development team (HR) takes any complaint very seriously. When a complaint is received, the team moves quickly to investigate and address the situation with the highest level of confidentiality possible. The anonymity of this review does not allow us to research the situation, nor would we address an investigation in a public forum. Daxko promotes a culture of respect among its team members and does not tolerate harassment in any form. Again, we are sorry you did not have a good experience here, but we wish you the best in your future endeavors and support you in continuing to promote women in technology and leadership.

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