Avoid like the plague. A company in managed decline mode. And that's being polite Internal staff surveys show extremely poor scores, something north of a 80% disengagement rate. It's as male, pale and stale as any company ever in the space, and reeks of boomer energy. In fact the demographics wouldn't look too out of place at an AfD rally. As someone else quipped on Glassdoor about Exasol, they only have two seasons, hiring and firing. This is all they have, throwing people under the bus when the numbers don't come through. Many of the more capable staff have either left, looking to leave or been poached by Snowflake Many senior staff had more of a B2C background, not really suitable for a space as complex as this. They had not really understood the Peter Principle either. Neither did they understand marketing, as they have peed away millions in sponsoring the local football stadium in Germany. If you've seen the film, Don't Look Up, that's what the company is like when it comes to the product, i.e. in complete denial. The product is at best half a decade behind. So many faster and cheaper alternatives now exist whilst they still bang on about in-memory analytics. So few new logos come through, they keep the lights on by hosing their existing base for more subscription money. It's no surprise the NPS score is so very low. Their "no compromise" go to market message doesn't work in the field, as every tenured field rep knows every database is inherently a collection of compromises. But management will still believe otherwise, in true cargo-cult style. The only working processes the company has is over zealous IT.
