DDN reviews

2.9

40% would recommend to a friend

(194 total reviews)
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Alex Bouzari

59% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

DDN has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 194 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The DDN employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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194 reviews
1.0
Apr 19, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Totally nothing unless you want to be treated badly and under paid

Cons

They lie and make you work 5x

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DDN Response
3y
We would have welcomed any feedback while you were with DataDirect Networks to understand and address the issues and concerns you mentioned about being treated badly. We believe our most important asset are the employees so wish we knew more about any gaps to help in creating a great work culture.
3.0
May 26, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Lots of remote positions - Company owned entirely by two owners: This can be and is also a con, but the pro is that DDN is not like many of its large competitors that leverage outside investors and debt to grow, rather they maintain a constant profit and have for over 20 years. The owners are great business men in this regard and know how to make a profit. Why you should care is because the company culture is driven by this business model and the owners’ management style, and it can affect your career growth and happiness even at the bottom of the ladder. - Work with bleeding-edge tech - Dynamic work and always changing. Easier to make changes than large companies

Cons

- Review from the perspective of a Service/Pre-Sales employee. Sales side of the company may be completely different because thats what the company values most. Very sales and engineering driven company, every other org comes second. Probably normal for a privately owned company, but consider this if working non-sales/eng. Con about two owners is that they micromanage upper management. This makes Upper/Middle management either 1) Leave - there is a high turnover of Eng Managers/PM/Directors/C-Level positions. 2) Stay and just keep the owners/your manager happy, keep the status quo, and accept the limited freedom to A) do your job how you’d like and 2) to hire who you’d like. This culture trickles down to the bottom. The high turn-over culture makes you feels like your always replaceable and every man for himself. Very reactive culture, fighting fire-to-fire, sale-to-sale. - Due to being for profit/privately owned, company growth drives everyone’s career grown (promotions, raises, salary adjustments). Unfortunately sales growth has been flat for several years and therefore so has the average employee’s career growth. Meaning, going above-and-beyond is not rewarded, yearly raises/bonuses are below 3% (or sometimes cancelled all-together), promotions are few and far between (and typically only for middle to upper management (when someone leaves), training programs have diminished. Yearly performance reviews have removed the self-assessment, meaning HR no longer cares to record your yearly accomplishments or how you met your prior year’s goals - only your manager’s perspective of your accomplishments is recorded. Since these are career growth killers (what most care about), I’d look elsewhere if you are an ambitious high performer looking for growth. But if you're looking to just maintain a salary and work from home, but don’t really care about growth (those near retirement), you may be happy here.

1.0
Apr 21, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Interesting technology and some smart people

Cons

Terrible management. CMO is bad

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DDN Response
1y
Thank you for sharing your feedback. It's good to hear that you find our technology interesting and recognize the smart people working at DataDirect Networks. We value your input and take concerns about management seriously. Regarding your comments about the CMO, we understand that leadership plays a crucial role in the success and morale of our team. We are committed to continuously improving our management practices and ensuring that our leadership team supports and drives our company's vision effectively. our feedback will be reviewed by our senior management team, and we will consider it as part of our ongoing efforts to enhance our leadership and overall work environment. Thank you for helping us improve.
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