Data Science Dojo Reviews

Wow, the review titled "Manipulative and Toxic Corporate Environment" is SPOT ON! I would support every single thing mentioned. Everyone I know who has quit left because of the CEO. Everyone. Several have even left with no job lined up. It's a tiny company so there's no avoiding him. He's also very clever, manipulative and we've had to question his ethics sometimes. Once he realizes you're not superhuman, he will find every little thing wrong with you and your work to drive you out of your mind and the company (probably so he doesn't have to deal with unemployment benefits). Even when you call him out or catch him contradicting himself, he'll steer criticism back on to you. Here's where I bring in the term: gaslighting. Look it up if you don't know what that means. A co-worker at the time introduced the rest of us to it and we all immediately agreed this is what the CEO does. Even being fully aware of it, I still fell victim to it. By the way, he's infamous for overly harsh emails and he poorly hides his gender bias. I could write an extensive paper here with more warnings and examples, but in fear of identifying myself, I won't. TL;DR Don't work here. If you're currently working here, find a job that pays you and respects you more, then quit before he rips your confidence apart. We all deserve(d) better.

I wasn’t going to post a Glassdoor review, but I found the two 5 star reviews that were recently posted dismaying as they seem to have been posted in an attempt to bury the complaints that this company (rightfully) receives. So I will share my experience. During my short time at DSD, communication was a clear issue. A lack of communication resulted in tasks having to be redone over and over with no other explanation than they just didn’t do the proper research into the task before assigning it. As a result, I spent little time doing the work that I was actually hired to do. Employees are so afraid of the CEO that they won’t question any of his decisions, even if there is a clearly better solution. They seem to think it’s easier to roll their eyes behind his back than actually engage in constructive criticism. This would often create a tense, uncomfortable working environment. If you don’t like office politics and drama, this isn’t the place for you. My concerns were shrugged off by the management, and I never felt like my opinion was actually worthwhile. It felt like a test of wills coming to work every day. It got to a point where I felt like they were trying to get me to quit. Needless to say, DSD is a toxic work environment that seriously needs to get its priorities sorted.