- no career development, management is extremely greedy and upward movement is VERY slow... especially in product management and engineering orgs
- major red tape, bureaucracy, and politics has inundated many departments even before DS went public recently. Definitely more of a Corporation now instead of a startup (I’ve been here 5+ years)
- the company has always been very top heavy (ie way too many Directors, VPs and higher compared to functional level etc) and as a result very few roll up theirs sleeves and actually get stuff done. Def too many cooks in the kitchen on many projects.
- Absolutely zero accountability... people in other departments will completely drop the ball at times with no ramifications or consequences. I guess on the flip side it’s super hard to get fired at DS (if you’re not in sales)