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DECAGON DEVICES Reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(11 total reviews)

Scott Campbell

70% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

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11 reviews
1.0
15 Aug 2016

Marketing

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1.) Like any company of 150+ people, I do work with SOME great people. 2.) Benefits and pay are good. 3.) They have a chef. 4.) This company has the potential to create some innovative and helpful products.

Cons

Before listing the Cons, I would first like to preemptively note that HR will note the same handful of excuses they have thrown around for year. Some examples are "we are in a time of transition" and "we are constantly looking to improve our systems." It is difficult to explain working here. There are pieces of it that look great. The pay and benefits are good. They are generous with vacation and are willing to be flexible with your work schedule. However, those things do not make up for the cons. To put this company into context, people were allowed to open-carry firearms until last week, and HR and leadership was reluctant to make an official policy for guns in the workplace. 1.) Leadership is a train wreck. 2.) Nepotism. 3.) Unethical hiring practices that favors Mormons, and the Campbell Family. 4.) Many of the management level positions are held by the founder's kids, not by people who are well suited for their roles. 5.) Poor and outdated systems. 6.) Misplaced spending. 7.) This is a place where good ideas and talent people go to be crushed. 8.) Certain people in the company have the most job security in the world, and will never be fired, or disciplined for anything. However, others of us have to work very hard and continually fear whether or not we will be fired because the President read a new business book and is going to steer the entire company a new direction. 9.) HR is a joke and people regularly say things that are sexist, racist, and offensive to people of other religions without batting an eye. There is never any actual follow up, training or disciplinary action for any of these comments or behaviors. 10.) The leadership lacks the ability to communicate a clear vision and relate to their employees. Scott Campbell is not suited to be the president of the company. He is one of the founder's kids so he will never get fired. This is a prime example of the nepotistic behavior that is common at Decagon. 11.) The company makes promises to their customers that they regularly do not keep. 12.) Minimal mobility in the company unless you are Mormon are part of one of the families listed before. 13.) While the company has the potential to create some innovative products, the President is chasing markets that do not exist and creating products that fail, or cannot be sold.

1.0
26 Aug 2016

Marketing

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Has potential to create amazing, ground breaking products.

Cons

Horrible nepotism. If your not Mormon then good luck... Scott Campbell is the perfect example. He's not fit to lead the company but he's the owners son so go figure. I could go on but the other review from Marketing was so spot on I don't need to say anything more.

5.0
30 Aug 2016

A place I could stay at till retirement

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I started at Decagon as an intern. They let me continue working as I completed my degree. Because they saw potential in me they didn't mind that my degree was in an unrelated field. Decagon provides the training and experiences needed to enhance your career and experiences. I've been trusted with projects that I felt unqualified for and encouraged to succeed, not set up to fail. I truly feel that I'm pushed beyond my comfort level so that I can grow and become better and more experienced. There are many changes taking place at Decagon, and I suspect there will continue to be. I view this as a very good thing that will benefit me personally. These changes mean growth for a company that has good management. It also means there is a vision for taking the company to the next level. Decagon is very financially responsible and I don't see the changes taking place as too risky or off the wall. The overall culture at Decagon creates a workplace that is comfortable and allows for free thinking. Decagon takes care of its employees and allows for the best work/life balance I have ever experienced. There is an emphasis on health and welfare that illustrates how well Decagon appreciates the happiness of its employees. An added bonus of working at Decagon is the location. The small town of Pullman, and neighbor Moscow, Idaho, is a center for outdoor activities, hard working people, youthful energy (two universities), and rural simplicity. Because of Decagon and the experiences I've been afforded and the potential for career advancement I have set roots on the Palouse. Some of the other reviewers are being fair, there are favorites. However, management favors those that work hard and align their work with the goals of the company. Decagon started as a family business, intended to support the children and grandchildren of the founders. Even though the company is growing this is still one of the main reason Decagon operates. As a privately held company I don't see anything wrong with this approach. Those that feel differently aren't a good fit for Decagon. All that being said, Decagon and its upper and middle management care a great deal about all its employees and do what they can, given the circumstances, to support and grow its employees.

Cons

Decagon has been growing for many years. They double in size about every five years. To sustain this growth changes have to take place. Change can sometimes be constant and as a company grows from operating in a garage to a rented room all the way to having its own property there are going to be pains. At the moment there aren't enough parking spaces, but even that it getting fixed.

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