The (Un)Happiest Place in Charlotte - Data Engineer Tresata Employee Review

1.0
28 Feb 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Somehow, despite everything, they do a really good job of hiring smart, capable, good people to work here after graduating from college. I genuinely enjoyed almost all of the people from my hiring class (before they all quit or were fired).

Cons

Abhi (the CEO) prides himself on working to make Tresata the happiest place on Earth. The irony, of course, is that through his work, he has made Tresata the most toxic, miserable work environment imaginable. I did not even understand what a "toxic work environment" meant until I started working here. As I am writing this review I want to be thorough and honest, but I really don't even know where to begin. To start, the company is small enough that pretty much everything and everyone is directly controlled by Abhi. This is not necessarily a flaw in itself, but unfortunately Abhi falls somewhere in the gray area between an egotistical, incompetent buffoon and a literal con man. Nobody in the company respects him, but everyone works in constant fear of him. The collective blood pressure of the employees rises so much on days when he is in the office that it is almost palpable. During my time at Tresata I witnessed him interact in ways with his employees that were both immature and totally inappropriate (yelling at people when they did not see things completely eye to eye with him, cussing employees out in front of others, mocking employees for asking questions in meetings, etc.). None of the others in management ever stand up to him, either in fear or because they just don't care. Unfortunately for those still working at Tresata, things seem unlikely to improve anytime soon. We were told during training that Tresata had realized that they had a turnover problem and were "working to fix it", only to have Abhi announce during an all-employee meeting shortly after that Tresata in fact does not have a turnover problem, and that turnover is 10%. I saw 10+ people quit or be fired in my first three months, so I'm not sure if Abhi just thinks his employees can't do basic math or if he immediately wipes the existence of these people from his brain as soon as they leave the company. This highlights another underlying issue, which is that while management is fully aware that the employees are unhappy (as will happen when you have less than 40 employees and almost all of them are unhappy), they are completely in denial that this is due to any problem with the company's culture. Abhi in fact has brought up in meetings that he is aware that people are upset, and rather than trying to understand why that might be, he yells at everyone about having a better attitude. ADVICE TO POTENTIAL FUTURE EMPLOYEES: If you get a job here, read some of the reviews on glassdoor before committing yourself to the abuse and toxicity of this company. Don't be complacent because you got one job offer and don't feel like continuing your search. Practically anywhere in this city would provide a better, healthier work experience than Tresata. Accepting a job offer with them is agreeing to insane work hours and zero appreciation for what you do. If you are a robot or someone who enjoys being made to feel worthless by your superiors, this might be the place for you. Otherwise, steer clear.

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5.0
22 May 2023
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Pros

* Gives opportunity for direct interaction with C-level suite, great learning experience * Many opportunities for growth and new learnings * Fast-paced working environment * Young and vibrant team with very nice people to work with * Interesting software to learn and in general the concepts of what we do * Lots of visibility on company direction and leadership decisions

Cons

* A bit more work than other places, especially if you are willing to volunteer for things. Not necessarily bad if that's what you are looking for but not everyone signs up for that. * Company often changes direction so reprioritization is usual.. if you can't work ad-hoc and get things done without too much help and supervision, probably not a great place to work. If you like that kind of fast-paced, agile environment (more like a startup rather than a big firm) then it's fine * The salary isn't comparable to those of some bigger companies out there. If you join Tresata, you should do it for the opportunity to learn a lot and grow fast. If money is your priority, you are probably better suited doing Data Engineering for a bigger organization. * The company will "ask" you to step up and take on challenges when it's needed. if you would rather prefer a more "comfortable" job, where most days looks alike (work-wise, like the experience on a bigger firm) then this might not be the best place for you.

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1.0
8 Feb 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Before the CTO left. The company was very great, but by the time I left, they had totally lost sight of their core values.

Cons

Because the company is small. They will have you do things that are absolutely absurd and make no sense in terms of the overall infrastructure process and will make sure that you will not be heard in terms of concerns. All you can do is just agree and hope to not be fired since they will do mass layoffs and tell you the person underperformed. I’m going to unfortunately have to be a whistleblower and call out the quiet firing practices that were performed in 2023 and 2024. We had members of the Diop’s team that were moved to marketing setting them up for failure. I understand serving where I need is great, but if you don’t train these people to fall into their new role or move them over and expect them to be amazing. It’s clear to me that you just don’t know what you’re doing from a management standpoint.

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