Very toxic managers - avoid for your mental health - Anonymous employee Dataiku Employee Review

1.0
31 Mar 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- There used to be some great people who are very competent - Somehow they are good at finding bright people - Paris office is in a very convenient location - Remote option

Cons

Toxic managers. Yes plural because as mentioned before you may be reporting to two people. Everybody is VP here. Everybody challenges people who doing the real work for no good reason because that’s what you do to feel empowered as a “boss” man. You do a good job? Well no career opportunities for you buddy unless you are part of the “club”. You make one mistake? That will be the highlight of the month. Even if you don’t do any mistakes your managers will find a problem to pin it on you with ridiculous expectations. No body is autonomous there. If you would like to be the mindless worker who does only what’s told you are welcomed. Don’t ask why because the answer is “Because I told so.” When a decision has to be taken it has to go to all the way to the CTO as he is overly involved in everything. Imagine a CTO answering a simple support ticket. Thus, it creates bottlenecks everywhere and no delegation. If you are joining in here, simply get ready to be a yes man and don’t have an opinion. Just ask what your “boss” man wants to do and be his tool to execute. There I said it… you are not an asset but just a tool. Once they are done, they will chew you out like they did to many people. And we are asked to write Glassdoor comment about how good the company is… well, I am doing what I am told but this time a bit different.

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Dataiku Response
2y
Thank you for sharing your feedback and perspective on your experience working at Dataiku so openly. We're sorry to hear that you don't believe that you have the level of autonomy required to feel engaged and rewarded by your work. We expect and work with our leaders to develop their teams so that they feel empowered to make the greatest impact, and to support this we have invested, and continue to invest significantly, in training our managers to be as impactful yet supportive as possible. However, we also know that managing people is not always easy, and so we encourage open and honest feedback between all Dataikers and their People Business Partners if they feel there is an opportunity for us to improve. Regarding asking for comments on Glassdoor, it is true that we advised team members that one of the ways they can support our current hiring activity is to share their positive experiences, where relevant, on Glassdoor, as many candidates use the site to find information about potential employers. It was one of a number of ways mentioned that they could help. We have no current set practice of requesting, nor do we have an expectation, that people write positive reviews, just as people are free to share less positive experiences. We believe in openness and transparency, whatever that looks like. If you have specific concerns, particularly about treatment you see as unfair, we would encourage you to have a confidential conversation with your People Business Partner in the hope that we can remedy the situation. The People Team

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