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      3.5

      57% would recommend to a friend

      (162 total reviews)

      Will Aaronson

      68% approve of CEO

      55% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.6

      Culture and values

      3.5

      Senior management

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      3.0

      Compensation and benefits

      DigiStream has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 162 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The DigiStream employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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      162 reviews
      2.0
      25 Feb 2015

      A perfect Strategy for Office Staff and Clients but falls short for the people that matter

      Field investigator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Good Medical Benefits (adding family however will greatly cost you) Vehicle, Insurance, Gas, equipment ( Laptop, camera, Jump Pack, Mobile Internet) are all paid by the company You do not have to see superiors everyday A lot of travel Hotel and food are paid for if you are out or working an assignment

      Cons

      "AT WILL" employment means they can let you go for doing good or bad at anytime You are pressured to break the law so you can follow claimant's (hitting speeds of 100 MPH, running red lights , cutting people off ect) They will not pay for any form of Traffic Tickets besides meter tickets You will for the most part be held accountable for loosing a claimant or getting made 20 to 50 hours overtime each week (based on how many investigators there are per office) during the winter you are nearly unemployed their "Flat Rate Charge" for clients means Digistream pays it's Instigators the lowest they possibly can by the hour while Office Staff members make salary (and yes that means little to no raise) Opportunity's for Growth: none existent it's family and friend owned

      4.0
      22 Jun 2022

      Fun job for a recent grad, but expect burnout due to demanding workload

      Field investigator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      - Very fun. I still tell stories from my time at Digistream to colleagues, much to their amazement at the crazy things I saw. - When your overtime and doubletime hours start accumulating, you can rake in solid paychecks, especially during the very active summer months (I made about $5,000 in June) However, you will be putting in almost 60 hours to achieve this. - The company provides every piece of equipment you need: car, camera, tripod, etc. All you need is the extras, like maybe a lawnchair for your surveillance vehicle interior, a cooler for food, etc. - If you get a good trainer, they can very quickly show you the ropes of the job in your first week. - Company is efficiently run (at least at the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento offices) and you feel supported by your fellow investigators and managers at the office. - The company will reimburse you if you need to buy food to blend in at a restaurant or buy a ticket to sneak into an event etc. - Great on a resume if you continue down the investigations, law enforcement, analyst, etc. career-path. Use the job as a stepping stone.

      Cons

      - Extremely intense work schedules. I had Mondays and Tuesdays off, and for the rest of the week, I was waking up at 3am to get to the surveillance location on time (which is usually very early morning). - Dangerous work. The most dangerous aspect of this job is the aggressive driving that you will have to do to stay on target as the subject drives around. This may involve high speeds, blasting through yellow lights, etc. Not to mention the occasional subject who lived in a very dangerous area, who will not be happy to find out he is being surveilled! - You will have no social life due to the extreme work hours. Use this job as a stepping stone. After about 6-12 months, you will likely be extremely burned out. Additionally, you do have to write your report and upload your footage once you get home and are no longer on the clock. This can take 30 minutes sometimes which is unfortunate, given you likely just clocked 10+ hours are are exhausted.

      1.0
      26 Jul 2021

      Have an exit plan before you accept an offer.

      Surveillance investigator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      The friendships you make with other investigators along the way. Some fun competition between everyone on the field team. Those are really the only Pros.

      Cons

      Most of these 5 star reviews are fake reviews written by management to boost their approval ratings. That should tell you how shady they are. The office I worked for is extremely toxic with upper management constantly throwing investigators under the bus to preserve their own reputations. YOU CANNOT TRUST ANYONE FROM MANAGEMENT. They will encourage you to break traffic laws and yell at you when you don't. This is the most unprofessional company I have ever worked for in regards to how they treat their employees. Also say goodbye to your social life, your dog, your girlfriend and the gym. You can earn bonuses for good performance...IF management likes you that month. They messed with my pay in their favor and when I called them on it, they fired me instead of doing the right thing. Additionally they lie to their clients, but that's pretty normal for all the national PI firms. A year and a half later I'm still recovering from pouring my life into this job and working within this toxic environment for 3 years. If you really want to be a PI, look for a small company to get started with.

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