Leadership suffers from nepotism and dismisses internal and external criticism - Software Engineer Dutchie Employee Review

1.0
15 June 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Great coworkers who are very chill and supportive.

Cons

Company wants to attract top talent while not offering top salaries, 401k and lacks competitive severance package. All of the people on my team are white. All of the software engineers at my level are white. The company over all is very white. Company is slowly tightening communication policies. At all-hands meetings, when there is an opportunity to ask questions, employees are given shallow answers publicly and then told to speak to their managers if they have any more concerns. Ultimately, not resolving any public concerns. CTO has a problem with micromanagement and has been told countless times without correction. Managers have left over it, and still no change or accountability. Ethics in general around working for white ppl who make millions in cannabis while poc sit in prison selling the same product. Company claims it's mission and value driven and CEO claims he's changing the world which very much falls into Silicon Valley saviorism tropes.

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5.0
17 Dec 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Fun place to work, interesting field and nice new tech stack, great coworkers, leadership is not half bad, most diverse workplace I've ever been in.

Cons

The work life balance can be great at times and bad at others. It is very team dependent though. Your requirements shift quickly. Obsessed with AI and optimization.

1.0
16 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

From what I heard, it used to be a phenomenal culture, but I joined just a week or two after the first major round of layoffs. The hostile company takeover was soon to follow then many rounds of layoffs to come.

Cons

A couple of very large, public layoffs, but to later avoid press - the rest were weekly, but small enough to avoid public notice which meant they were never acknowledged even within the company. Working weekends and taking calls to your personal cell number at night for extra work is smiled upon. Company at a complete loss of direction and there seems to be no desire for actual data or for things to work. It's like they want more on paper to show investors or something - it's actually unbelievable how little the company now does while completely overworking everyone.

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