Downstream Reviews

Egotistical, micro-managing owners who expect you to kill yourself for the glory of working at Downstream. Blind to the amount of work staff puts in. Management literally took away a week of PTO claiming it was a financial decision - probably was, but who cares? it's unethical to go back on an employment contract. This decision was not set right when company was again awash in projects. Account management team makes insane promises to customers in order to get them to sign on the dotted line - completely disregarding company's ability to deliver and introducing artificial stress into an already challenging environment. Huge turnover in every department. Constant, pervasive lack of creative leadership - which makes projects like rudderless ships lurching through the high seas. With one exception, uniquely incompetent accounting department. Ton of money lost via horrible billing practices.

Poor management, high turnover, being used as a scapegoat for why projects weren't done at the date promised (if the team says it'll take certain time, believe them,) project managers breathing down your neck until something was done, thankless required overtime, and being under paid for the work you're doing because you were hired to do something else. I would blame the CEO for the problems, but while I was there he was barely ever in the office. This place will eat you up and spit you out. Work somewhere else that respects their employees better.