dscout Reviews

4.0

74% would recommend to a friend

(45 total reviews)

Michael Winnick

85% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

dscout has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 45 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The dscout employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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45 reviews
1.0
30 Nov 2020

Excellent company for white people!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

If you’re white you’re essentially guaranteed to move up in the company. The company does not invest in the futures of people with a more diverse background.

Cons

The company took diversity more seriously at the height of the BLM movement, much like other companies that expressed concern during those times, but as the hype died down so has the drive to make promotions fair. You can count the number of non white employees on your hands. BIPOC employees are the ones who get passed up for promotions or told their time is coming just be patient. I’ve spoken with several bipoc colleagues and they’ve all had the same treatment. You really can’t grow your career here if you’re non white. Our leadership from the top down is white and it’s clear there’s a bias no matter how hard they try and tell us otherwise.

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dscout Response
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Thank you for sharing your candid feedback. It is our hope that you shared this experience with our Inclusion Committee during our latest survey, as we want to make sure your experience was included in the readouts we recently conducted with the larger company. If you didn’t get the chance, please reach out to a member of the Inclusion Committee or the Leadership Team so we can discuss your experience further. I’d like to share the latest update on all we are doing as an organization to better the experience of all employees, and particularly for our BIPOC employees. It is my hope that you see progress as our promotion/hiring freeze comes to an end this month. Since we began our DEI journey just over two years ago, we have partnered with Ethos Talent, an external consultant renowned in the Chicago region. Throughout 2020, we have tackled a number of DEI initiatives, including: - multiple company-wide trainings (active listening training, feedback training, etc.) - launching our inaugural Inclusion Committee - launching our inaugural Identity and Inclusion Survey - conducting a Hiring Process Audit with internal and external partners, and gathering a variety of recruiting resources for our hiring teams - launching a formal Manager Training program with strong inclusion and anti-racist components - currently conducting a Compensation Equity Audit with an external partner - launching both a one-time company donation match as well as formally launching our ongoing donation matching program We are always looking for further feedback to improve, so thank you for sharing your experience here and we would strongly encourage you to follow up with a member of the Inclusion Committee or Leadership Team for further conversation.
2.0
21 June 2021

People Nerds is what they sell, and not who they actually are.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good for networking with high profile clients, and on occasion, you work with some really talented, level-headed work colleagues.

Cons

-Upper management will string you along with promises -HR was not honest about details pertaining to some employees and changes/negotiations/status of role questions; lots of gaslighting -The office admin was also the IT person -Toxic positive atmosphere -At the time there were only 4 black employees out of 100.

3.0
5 Sept 2021
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Pros

Great healthcare 3+ weeks of PTO Option to work remotely

Cons

Minimum of 43hrs per week Salary is not competitive They'll sacrifice work quality for quantity Experience varies widely based on micro-teams in the department

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