Leadership changes provide reason for cautious optimism
Pros
As many have stated, the people at DR are amazing. Intimidatingly intelligent, very thoughtful, and just fun to be around. I'm thankful every day to work with such colleagues who always push me to be a better version of myself. I also truly believe in this product. I worked as a data scientist for several years before joining DR, and our platform is a real game-changer for ML practitioners.
Cons
We had an incredibly rough summer of 2022 both in terms of press and performance. This led to a major shake-up of the ELT, which was very welcomed by the rank-and-file and frankly long overdue. But it also led to a massive RIF---33% were let go in August on top of 7% let go in May. Previous leadership over-grew the company. We never should have had so many employees to begin with, and now we're all feeling the brunt of such an irresponsible action. However, we have new leadership over almost every area of the company, and I'm liking what I'm hearing so far. It's too soon to say but I'm hopeful the new company will be much more data-driven, nimble, and collaborative.