DroneDeploy Reviews

Departmental review. SALES: They do a great job with what they have, work hard, and are under experienced leadership. Pound for pound, this seems to be the strongest department in the house (I am not in sales). MARKETING: A constant work in progress but have potential. Lots of historical turmoil in this department. The case studies and webinars they create seem to help but there can be more of an organizational impact here. Need more structure. PRODUCT: One of the most important departments in the company, yet it is poorly managed. The product road map and decisions around it sometimes seem like a mystery. Understaffed. ENGINEERING: Recently have acquired experienced leadership who have restructured the way things are done for the better. No shortage of bugs in the software mean more attention must be paid to quality control. OVERALL: Seems like bad habits related to culture and attitude still exist from when the company was smaller. Lack of real-world work experience from a significant portion of the company has created a vibe of carefree optimism which can eventually become more toxic than absolute realism. Significant remote workforce can be challenging. If you're looking for a place with specific/planned internal career growth opportunities, DroneDeploy may not be the best choice for you.

Sales verticals mean that your ability to sell is governed by the industry you’re given. Construction is not the same as Energy is not the same as Agriculture etc. Get a bad vertical with little to no enterprise interest? Yeah you’re screwed. I’m hoping that they eliminated or at least somehow rebalanced this since I left. It was a brutal, painful experience having your job, livelihood, career, and reputation thrown into an experiment and when it didn’t work as intended, to be laid off or driven away. A lot of us paid the price for this not working well.