Pros
Exasol has good benefits and a good compensation package. They had good DEI initiatives.
Cons
Leadership is nonexistent. There is no support. Unrealistic expectations about what can be accomplished, when, and for how much. The onboarding process is an entire month and highly ineffective; if you are in the US you will be on calls at 5am for onboarding. There is a meeting for every little possible thing. It is not uncommon to have over 8 meetings a day as an individual contributer. Working async is not an option here; if you are in Europe you will be on calls at 10pm with your American colleagues and if you are American you can get used to 5:30am calls. However, don't think that working so early means you can stop working around 3pm...12 hour days were frequent for me here. When I brought it up, no one cared. The response I got was, "that is part of working across time zones" when it really isn't. Async work is popular for a reason and many global companies practice it. There is a wealth of documentation for you to comb through, but if you try to use it you will be told it is old, or given a reason why you should not use it. If you then try to create something new and useable, it becomes a department territory fight. Upper management is not looking at core site metrics or do not understand how to use the data they are seeing; when presented findings about the site's metrics, leadership was defensive and not inquisitive. You are not encouraged to fix anything or do what you know is right; fall in line or get left behind is how Exasol rolls. They have a Happiness Specialist who sends notes around about making sure to walk outside, but no one actually cares if you are happy at Exasol. Overall this place was a massive headache and leadership is truly the worst I've ever worked for.
