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Data Systems International reviews

3.0

44% would recommend to a friend

(157 total reviews)

Mark Goode

51% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Data Systems International has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 157 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Data Systems International employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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157 reviews
1.0
Feb 24, 2022

Awful company full of lies, ran by liars

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Pros

Lots to do if you're an HR person willing to write fake reviews, or part of the legal team staving off lawsuits for not fulfilling promises the out of control good ol boy sales team makes between drunken trips with the CEO

Cons

I mean just look at the clearly fake 5 star reviews and what they scream-insist constantly from reviews with the only "con" being that they love working too much, golly gosh! methinks the lady doth protest too much. DSI management is desperate to seem like they care about employees, because they know they haven't shown it - the CEO and other execs take yearly Aruba vacations on the company fine and then come back and tell us that they "have" to lay off some of our best devs because the economy. DSI management is desperate to seem like there's strong, settled direction because any person you ask on LinkedIn who currently works there will tell you they have no effin clue what their job is going to be next week, let alone month or year. And does a company that has a strong direction get sued for not delivering on their main product, Cloud Inventory? I...don't think so. DSI management insists that their job is a "career builder" and "a stepping stone" because they know they pay FAR below industry standard, even limited to KC, even adjusted for/before the pandemic. And they know the only chance of getting a raise is moving to a different company (which I did, and my pay doubled - DSI cares though!) If DSI was half the company they pretend to be in the exec suite, they wouldn't have to post weekly reviews that no person would ever actually write - the company would speak for itself. They wouldn't have massive turnover. They wouldn't constantly be hiring for basic positions. DSI is a company of narcissist's insisting everything is fine while everything burns down around them, because they know if stuff really falls down they can exploit the employees one more time to get out whole themselves.

1.0
Dec 18, 2019

WORST COMPANY EVER

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Pros

- Work/Life balance - Salary was strong (probably to compensate for horrible reviews)

Cons

- First and most importantly, the on-boarding is a joke. There is no guidance or direction besides "how to pitch DSI" which was basically just listening to a few people present the overview deck and taking away some points from their pitch. It will be interesting if this has changed especially considering that majority of the HR department was laid off as well. - The first few months on the job you are basically thrown to the wolves. However, it's even worse because processes constantly changed. Once you think you've got it down, the "lines of business" will shift and everything changes. There was no clear direction in terms of the go to market strategy. - Compensation plan was nonexistent. Once it was finally presented (6 months after joining), it was ambiguous and confusing. There was no explanation around how we would be measured, the "KPIs" weren't listed/clear. In fact, we had a 2hr long team meeting to discuss which metrics we felt were the best to be measure and SHOCKER, they were never put into place. The only part of the comp plan that was clear was an overall team revenue goal which was really far off the reality. - Egotistical CEO and "old boys club" leadership team. Almost every person in power has been at the company 10+ yrs and they are comfortably stuck in their ways. Any sort of feedback or request for help just falls on deaf ears. When an employee has to request for one:one meetings with their manager, that is an issue. - DSI does not know how to work with remote employees. You will constantly be out of the loop and virtual meetings NEVER began on time. There were also multiple events that remote employees weren't even considered and never got invited too until it was too late. I could go on but honestly, just don't make the mistake of ignoring these reviews. There is a reason that majority of them are negative.

1.0
Jun 28, 2018

Stay Away

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Pros

-Nice office space -Break rooms were cool

Cons

-COMPLETE and UTTER morons running the company, had no idea for what the vision of the company should be -Says they need to have an App Store but yet invests NO resources into standard application development -Company is entirely focused on making the next sale and not on the product they are selling -Will fire ANY good talent that challenges the "good old boys club" at the highest level even if it's for the betterment of the company -Promotions and "title inflation" is common with NO increase in salary -Do not fall for the ICP bonus program trap, they NEVER pay out the bonuses anymore. Company is definitely struggling financially -Finally matching 401k, BUT with a caveat... they will lower your overall bonus to account for the 401k match, so is this really a benefit? -Complete and utter mess when it comes to delivery that leads to every single project failing at some point because the "standard" product is a joke

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