Dataminr reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(52 total reviews)

Ted Bailey

62% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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5.0
Apr 29, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Dataminr is solving real world problem like no other. Great culture valuing employees. Competitive compensation and solid benefits.

Cons

There are cons with every company and none are perfect including Dataminr. However the cons are minor and not worth calling out.

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Dataminr Response
2y
Thank you so much for your great review of Dataminr! I appreciate your balanced perspective as we strive for continuous improvement.
2.0
Mar 16, 2022

Stay far, far, far away. Terrible.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Any job is amazing after this one.

Cons

CEO is nowhere to be found. A sweat shop. Everything is urgent. No time to ever eat lunch or take breaks. They will tell you to make sure to take breaks but then continue to ask for 100 urgent items. Terrible and mean leadership. Just not nice and most people I worked with were miserable and only staying there because of a certain person. I assume there will be a mass exodus upon bonuses. Want to go on PTO? You won't be able to because every meeting is urgent and you'll have to go even when you are OOO. Gross.

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Dataminr Response
4y
I'm disappointed to learn of your experience. I always appreciate employees sharing their perspectives. We provide many opportunities for employees to share their individual experiences, and encourage them to use their voice so that they can effect meaningful change. A perfect example of this is our expanded mental health benefits, increased investment in leadership training and management programs, as well as new, more expansive employee resource groups. We pride ourselves on curating safe spaces for our global team, and encourage people managers to have open dialogue with their team about their evolving needs. If you’re open to it, I would like the opportunity to learn more about your experience and discuss the best path forward for all.
2.0
Jan 5, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

By far the sharpest group of people you will ever have the pleasure of working with and learning from. Team of Domain Experts (DEs) rit large are driven and incredibly supportive of one another. Benefits are great (in theory).

Cons

The epitome of the "fake it, til you make it" motto of many tech companies. As the human element, there is a sense that the executive leadership wishes that the DE org didn't exist. The organization went lean in fall 2020 without offering any significant changes in salaries, benefits, or management style to those who were kept on. Layoffs went hand-in-hand with a lockdown on internal communications after the company received bad press during BLM protests, resulting in an atmosphere of fear and anxiety. More than a year later, trust in leadership remains low, rates of burnout are high and expectations are unrealistic in demanding humans to perform as if they were computers. If you're going to join the DE org, ensure that you already have your next step planned- outside of Dataminr. Once you hit a wall in this role, it's terribly difficult to recover.

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Dataminr Response
4y
Thank you for sharing your perspective. Although it’s not reflective of the leadership team’s genuine belief in the essential work of the domain expert organization, your feedback matters and lets us know that we have more work to do. In the last two years we have committed to and invested in strengthening our internal communications channels as well as making career growth at Dataminr limitless. As for our DEI initiatives – there’s nothing false about it. We’ve been transparent with our teams about demographical data and our long and short term strategies to make Dataminr a more diverse, equitable and inclusive culture. From leadership training, management programs, and incentivized referrals to growing the number of employee resources groups and their resources to support our increasingly diverse team –– we’re committed to doing the work. We’ve substantially revised our benefits to ensure that employees are being supported throughout their personal and professional lives. I welcome the opportunity to further discuss your experience. As mentioned, we know we have work to do. We have internal channels for feedback like this so we can collaborate and improve closer to real-time.
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