Tough culture - Anonymous employee Dataminr Employee Review

2.0
20 Sept 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible work arrangements including remote options. Strong and active affinity groups for women, veterans, etc. Meaningful company mission. Mostly good, hard working people to work with. Fun employee activities. Decent health benefits and restricted stock options.

Cons

Unengaged and uncommunicative senior leaders. Hard to move quickly. There are a lot of stops and starts and changes. Very inefficient. My work bff says we move fast to go slow. Secretive, untrusting culture. In some roles, it can be very hard to stay inspired and motivated. Career growth here is not well defined.

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Dataminr Response
3y
Our senior leaders are genuine in their intent to foster a mission driven culture where all employees feel valued and supported through programs like our many employee resource groups, employee events, and our comprehensive benefits package. I welcome a conversation with you to discuss the areas that concern you have provided in more depth, and to share information about our career pathing, and the variety of training programs Dataminr offers in the areas of leadership, management development as well as our professional development fund. I hope to hear from you soon.

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Great company with a very dynamic offering on AI for cyber security and physical security

Cons

Highly competitive market that is continuously evolving with AI

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Dataminr Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback! We are thrilled to hear that you are excited about our dynamic AI offerings across cyber and physical security. While the market is indeed highly competitive and evolving rapidly with AI, we view this growth and movement as a driver for our innovation. We remain committed to staying at the forefront of the industry to ensure we continue providing mission-critical alerting for our global customers.
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Pros

* Differentiated technology platform with real-time intelligence capabilities, particularly in the physical security and threat detection space

Cons

* Frequent leadership changes have made it difficult to maintain consistent strategic direction * Company initiatives often reset before prior efforts fully mature, creating execution gaps * Senior leadership structure can feel top-heavy, which at times slows decision-making and accountability * Market positioning in cybersecurity may not be as strong or clearly differentiated as competitors * Organizational changes have led to disruption and uncertainty for employees during transition periods * In some cases, expectations during the hiring process did not fully align with the day-to-day reality of the role * Strategic messaging is strong, but execution and follow-through can lag behind stated priorities

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