Avoid unless you’re looking to burnout. - Anonymous employee Dataminr Employee Review

1.0
23 Aug 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Catered lunch is a benefit I guess.

Cons

There’s zero communication from the USA senior leadership team. The mid-level management over compensate for this lack of communication with too many mediocre, low-level updates. There are a number of toxic employees who boast about not using paid holiday, working through paid holiday days and working excessive hours outside of what’s reasonable. The Workplace team do a good job of making you feel like you’re valued and have many well being and diversity events, but most employees are so overworked that they don’t have the time to entertain such events. The product is not easy to sell outside the US, there are issues with Sales ops, impacting Sales reps getting remunerated correctly. Roll of the dice if you’re in a good team under a competent manager, if you’re unlucky you’ll often get spoken down to, with a VP taking external stresses out on staff which is humiliating and demeaning.

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Dataminr Response
3y
Thank you for the time you spent working for Dataminr. We recognize that the nature of our work, as a company that covers breaking events worldwide 24/7, inherently can require a unique and demanding work schedule. Providing balance and supporting our employees' well-being are critical priorities collectively and on an individual basis, and are paramount to our success as a company. Our leadership team genuinely cares about our people and is passionate about our mission-driven work. We have regular Town Halls and Connect and Learns to ensure our teams are aware of all of the exciting things happening across the company. We also have a lot of great employee perks, including the wellness events and office events that you mention. Thank you for submitting your review and for sharing your perspective. If there is more that you would like to tell us about your experience with specific managers, please reach out. We would welcome the opportunity to hear from you.

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