Will the last one out the door please turn off the lights - Anonymous employee Decisive Data Employee Review

1.0
6 Aug 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you're a recent college grad it's an okay option for a first job.

Cons

I was an employee at DD for over 4 years and got to see the transition from good times to bad. I've since moved on, but wanted to offer an honest outlook of the company as it stands now. Most of the reviews that you'll see here were written before things deteriorated. The C level leadership checked out from the business a long time ago and effectively abandoned their employees. When things started to turn bad they immediately blamed the people on the ground doing the work instead of reflecting on how they got there and what they could do to make things better. Leadership has been aloof, impossible to tie down to a plan or goals, and sometimes outright deceptive. They've finally reached out and hired a new CEO with some experience, but her solution so far has been to fire everyone that's not directly related to development of a solution. It's hard to create a quality product when no one is selling it, no one is planning it, and no one is testing it. Pay at DD has never been comparable to market rates, but they try to convince people that the culture is enough to make up the difference. That was a viable position to take a few years ago, but now there is no reason to take poor pay and toxic culture. The work isn't terribly interesting. You'll execute on the same basic structure over and over again building some simple reports and databases. There is no competitive advantage or 'secret sauce' literally anyone can do what DD does. On the rare occasion that you get to do something outside of this pattern it's because sales vastly oversold DD's capabilities and is never held accountable for the feasibility of their promises.

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5.0
5 Oct 2020
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Pros

Culture, freedom to learn, friendliness.

Cons

High turnover led to difficult projects.

5.0
11 July 2017
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Pros

Decisive Data has a very laid back culture that encourages asking questions and learning. The obvious things like work from home policy, expected hours, dress code, work/life balance, etc. are laid back, but I also say laid back because I find that people are very understanding if you don't know something or make a mistake. We have all been there. DD also pushes employees to constantly be learning, which is great for finding new challenges and also building up your resume.

Cons

Like any consulting company, there are a lot of moving parts - the client, the account manager, the SOW, the project manager, the resourcing team, the developers... We are only as strong as our weakest link. For example, if the project manager doesn't write up the hour estimates, then the resourcing manager will put you on more projects, then you're stretched too thin on those projects but committed to them because there is nobody else available, and you don't even like these projects because you wanted to practice a totally different skill in the first place. DD does their best to double check the processes to make sure the entire system is operating smoothly, but the reality is sometimes people can be on less-than-ideal projects for a variety of reasons. Additionally, though there are a TON of intangible benefits, everybody's looking at one tangible benefit - money. DD pays well considering its size, but if you are willing to sell your soul to a big corporation, you could find higher pay.

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