The start up I've been looking for my whole career - Anonymous employee DataGrail Employee Review

5.0
13 Jan 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Most of my 20+ year career has been at start ups. DataGrail is by far the best start up that I have ever worked at. We are solving a problem that matters, with people that I respect and trust. The pace is fast (start up life), but the company is reasonable (having 8 DataGrail days a year is a marvel). This is a company that doesn't just talk about things like culture or diversity, it actually puts in the work to do the right things. I love this company, and am proud to be part of building it.

Cons

Nothing really. There are growing pains that are appropriate for the stage of growth that we are in, and a part of any start up that has a big goal.

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5.0
1 Mar 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Incredible people, a strong product, and a clear direction for the future. Sales traction has been exciting and adds to the company’s positive momentum.

Cons

Things move quickly and require adaptability.

2.0
13 Jan 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Product org is full of strong leaders and PMs. Solid product and brand. Hire smart people - have cycled through hiring waves from great companies like Drift, ZoomInfo, MongoDB, HubSpot. Similarly, those departures have gone on to work for impressive brands (Anthropic, Intuit, Vanta, Decagon, Ashby, OpenAI, Kickstarter, etc.).

Cons

Thrash, whiplash, pivot, repeat. GTM side of the business is at the mercy of mercurial executive decision-making. Constantly setting unrealistic goals and making big swing experiments to try and hit them. Hired and laid off 2 or 3 entire BDR programs. CEO is high energy, personable, likeable, and hard worker. But unfortunately thinks of himself as smarter and a better seller than any other representative of company (bc it's his baby). Dismissive of any challenge to his big idea/conviction of the week. There were 3 layoffs of 10+ and several random individual layoffs in my ~1.5 yr there. CEO would casually say things like "well he won't be here next month, lets be honest" or "as soon as we find a replacement she'll be gone".

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