Docker reviews about "transparency"

Despite promises of transparency, Docker hides the unpleasant reality of how it treats employees. Turnover is high,

In the last 12-months, there has been more firing and hiring than I have ever seen. There is so much turnover that nobody knows what they're doing. Managers are always changing. Some projects have too many cooks in the kitchen and infighting. Other projects are abandoned. The one product that was supposed to make money failed to attract customers and is now available for free. There isn't any new products on the horizon to generate revenue. The CEO is an apparition. There have been three All Hands meetings in the last year and he doesn't want to be in them. There's no transparency and a deeply embedded culture of fear. There isn't a word to describe the soul sucking environment and low morale.

Women have no voice, whatever is shared will be turned against you. No transparency, No accountability, Zero trust from managers and above. Products are dead. No innovation.

Docker prides itself on its internal transparency but lately the communication has been sub par. We recently lost several colleagues due to terminations and while I understand it's hard to communicate these decisions, these decision have left many of us unsettled. It's also renewal season so not sure if the growth in our revenue will continue to our expectations.

The company is maturing, so naturally we experience pains along the way. Mistakes are being made, as one would expect, but lessons are being learned and I get a sense of leadership aiming for a bright future and open to learn from mistakes made along the way.

- WLB varies drastically based on the team - Zero transparency offered by leadership about the recent layoffs - Culture that promotes burnout - Unstable direction - Taking on too much at once

Cons: 1) no transparency 2) leadership changed often and shifted the vision in a whiplash way 3) the stock

No clear vision where the company wants to go. Targets, managers and people have been changing very frequently. 2 RIFs at least in Europe. No transparency and managers are not interested in their staff. Individual goals are unclear.

Toxic Culture: People are afraid of saying what they really think, no space for criticism unless you have a lot of clout and even then it needs to be delivered with utmost care. Some people are absolutely fake. Anything you say can and will be used against you. They will push you out if you're not up with the program. A lot virtue signalling, pointing out the correct use of pronouns but then do not care about you as a human being in any practical way. Even HR is just worried about looking cool; no real empathy there. Promotes Burnout: Lot's of conversations about mental health but then when colleagues that are obviously working more than 40 hours a week turn up great results, this is obscured as people just working flexible hours. Developer's Kingdom: There's no real emancipation of professionals other than developers. Everything revolves around developers and is only moved forward with their contributions. Madhouse: Too much happening at same time, too much talking taking place at the same time. No time to actually go deep into the work at hand. Every day feels like you should know more, do more, be more than you are. At some point you should be enough and be doing enough, because work is an just an part of time , and we're not machines. No transparency: the whole marketing team was gone in one week without explanation. Undeniably valuable members of teams were trying to find out if their job was safe over the following days.