Okay place to work - Analyst Donlen Employee Review

2.0
22 Oct 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

For a person starting out their career, there are a few choice positions where one can grow quickly, to a point, but there are very few positions of this sort. For established management level people, who want a relatively easy job (at least when I was there), and who are fine making between 80,000 to 120,000. Donlen can be a dream job. Yes it can get hectic at times, but it is generally smooth sailing except for the occasional emergency. While there, I always noticed that this is a location for people go out to pasture. Essentially, a great place if your not worried about advancement, and are fine waiting for retirement.

Cons

No bonus potential unless you are management. They will give you the minimum compensation possible for your role. There is a LOT of office politics. For the younger worker (assuming your coming out of college), opportunities at Donlen are really a crapshoot. My basic analysis is that because Donlen is a small company, this limits available positions. Add the fact that there is hardly any turnover in management, and the result is that your career here will quickly plateau. Then there is the problem of office politics. A lot of managers don't have real oversite, and if you get stuck with a crummy manager, your career opportunities will actually regress. I've seen it happen, no joke. I was lucky enough to be in a more fairly run deparment, and it was that luck that gave me opportunity.

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3.0
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Pros

Flexibility, at times, to work from home. Direct manager and peers were easy to interact with.

Cons

Role clarity was struggle. I believe Senior Managers in charge of particular departments, had their mind on a vision and wanted that vision to work exactly how they wanted it to work. People were brought in to help, but as soon as those members' thoughts were expressed to help the business develop better, the company sought/still seeks ways to lay off those individuals. Development to the managers was a struggle. Senior leaders expected managers (new, green managers), to just know how to lead teams; when that requires guidance and consistency. There is also a lot of favoritism that takes place within the business. People are promoted that shouldn't be, just because they know others in higher places.

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