Genuine kind and professional team - Senior Analyst Dragonfly Employee Review

4.0
2 Apr 2024
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Pros

You will learn a lot from the work itself and from your expert colleagues! The human capital is without a doubt the best part of Dragonfly. The Head of Operations in particular is a star. Everybody is lovely and a real expert. The leadership makes an effort to create a pleasant working culture. Analysts are empowered and trusted since day 1, with no micromanagement. Talking to clients is really insightful and builds excellent business skills.

Cons

Since the acquisition by Fiscal Note, the joyful and start-up atmosphere is gone. It has transitioned from being a boutique energetic advisory consultancy to a small piece of a larger corporate America group. There is more pressure to be proactive, with less money and more oversight. Another one is that career progress is tricky, you are likely to get stuck in your position for a while. Perhaps that's a plus side of the sale, which can allow analysts to move around more.

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4.0
16 Nov 2022
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Pros

Thorough, hands on training sessions that ensure the employee is prepared. Management invests greatly in their reps/associates, and want to see them succeed. Company culture is also a plus. They care for each individual a lot, are extremely empathetic to personal situations, and understand that work is not the end all be all of life. Also - you will find a wide variety of people working for DragonFly. Many of my colleagues came from very different socioeconomic, racial, and geographical backgrounds than myself. To make those connections was invaluable.

Cons

No cons - but it would be helpful to have a passion for geopolitics or security.

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1.0
8 Dec 2022
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Pros

You will learn a lot about the different types of security risks that impact businesses. You will probably also build out your knowledge of different global regions. Your writing will probably improve dramatically. The analyst team is extremely talented and (mostly) friendly. These are above-average young professionals functioning admirably in a below-average workplace.

Cons

This is a content factory. They produce a lot of material with a relatively small team of analysts. Unfortunately the demands placed upon analysts are unrealistic. Expect to be overworked. Expect to be criticised for not meeting targets that are unattainable without sacrificing quality. Managers are overworked and often fail to review your work in a timely manner. Of course they deflect blame by going after the analyst. Bullying also occurs here. Don't let the polished exterior fool you. People will say extremely rude things and later behave as if nothing happened. Expect managers to ignore the bad actors or come up with mediocre solutions to keep the content factory running.

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