Datasite reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(634 total reviews)
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Rusty Wiley

77% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Datasite has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 634 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Datasite employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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634 reviews
1.0
Apr 15, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There were some brief times in my career there where I wasn't hassled by middle management that were fine.

Cons

Where to start. This is not really a software company, this is a services company that was under distress, saw an opening and became a software company. Because of that, they "lead" almost exclusively from the top down and using fear as a motivator -- think old-school financial industry. There are tons of politics to play if you want to move up (and by that I mean just become another manager) and a very bloated middle management layer that drags the entire effort down. There were times in standup when I would give a complete update, only to have my updated repeated nearly word for word by a middle manager and then be asked "Is that stuff done?". It was maddening. Engineering leadership is all-but-non-existent and the threat that is delivered over and over is that upper management or the CPO or even the CEO "are going to get very involved" if you don't ______. It was said to me dozens of times over my time there. "Rusty (the CEO) has eyes on this" was a common thing to hear, insinuating that if you didn't get it together that upper management was going to drop the hammer. Now I want to be fair, I was sometimes tough to work with and as that pressure and stress would mount, I would get more and more frustrated, and that's definitely on me. I have areas in my work life that need to improve just like everyone else, but I feel I could have been successful there if I would have felt even the least bit supported when I took on or was assigned to a large project rather than hounded and harassed. Without a doubt, Datasite brought out the worst in me.

1.0
Oct 15, 2018

Dying company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Rank and file people are committed and effective.

Cons

Senior level leaders are a Joke. Sales is laughable.

1.0
Apr 30, 2018

Project Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Didn't have to pay for parking

Cons

Unrealistic expectations of new employees. Heavy assessments are given - to only be found out after employed. Very stressful for new employees. Very assuming, over - critical and judging of new employees.

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