DS-IQ Reviews

We are sorry that this has been a difficult departure for you, and we continue to wish you success in your future employment. Please re-connect with our Vice President of Human Resources, if you feel we can be of assistance. Our culture encourages open communication of ideas for both company and personal growth. This includes actively calling upon individuals and entire teams to stretch - sometimes a lot. As with most entrepreneurial companies, the primary onus is on each of us to figure out how to achieve our best: by signing up for classes, researching, and by collaborating and sharing knowledge amongst our very bright and accomplished teammates day-to-day. For example, many new hires join us specifically to learn about our scaled execution, our hybrid data integration and scientific models, and to add Hadoop to their skill set. There are no formal, big-company style employee development programs in place. Over the years we have supported many teammates as they gained professional certifications or earned advanced degrees via online courses or enrollment in local universities. Being an enthusiastic and applied self-learner is at the heart of success at DS-IQ. We also implemented a system that matches reward and recognition with contributions and accomplishments on an on-going, less structured basis. Instead of the typical burdensome and formal big company review process, our managers are player-coaches. They enjoy having regular personal meetings with team members to review progress, listen to issues as they arise and help resolve them constructively. We regularly review each and every team member’s compensation - raising or promoting as appropriate - when an increase in results or responsibilities warrant it. Compensation planning is based on the market, individual level of impact towards the goals in our plan, and direct managers’ ongoing dialog and assessments of each person on their team. DS-IQ continues to grow by hiring talented people to build exciting technologies and by expanding our customer base. We treat stock options as a private matter. While exercising options may not be the best decision for everyone, many current and former employees have exercised their options as a statement of trust. We believe the positive growth in the size and quality of our team, along with our business, supports their confidence.

We were pleased to read that you agree DS-IQ is comprised of exceptionally nice people. We do hire for that trait and work hard to foster the kind of team work that is mutually supportive. This is likely one of the reasons our average tenure is longer than typical for the Seattle tech community. Our 1st hired engineers are still here after ten years and making an outstanding contribution in leadership roles. As an ex-employee, however, you don’t appear to be current with DS-IQ’s business. Our largest customer – the largest retailer in the world – gets a lot of public attention, which sometimes steals the thunder of our other customers. We are actively engaged with other customers in the retail and financial services sectors and we are excited about additional growth on the horizon for 2015. Since retail is a highly competitive industry, and because DS-IQ’s work often involves confidential data and first-of-their-kind marketing initiatives, we are definitely conservative about sharing information publically. We expect this approach will continue to be a hallmark of DS-IQ’s business relationship with our customers.