Daxko reviews

3.3

53% would recommend to a friend

(328 total reviews)

Jeff VanDixhorn

77% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Daxko has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 328 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Daxko employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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328 reviews
5.0
Mar 29, 2019

Great place to be

Recommend
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Pros

High growth environment with broad responsibilities and smart, passionate teammates.

Cons

Acquisitions can be tough on communication and efficiency across teams. Some pain around integrating new teams and people, but can be overcome.

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Daxko Response
7y
Thank you for your review and feedback. Now is an exciting time to be a part of this growing company. With the growth, opportunities for professional growth is being taken advantage of by our great team members, like you. Thank for providing feedback and a encouraging outlook on our time of growth and change.
3.0
Mar 19, 2019

Was a Great Place to Work, now just ok

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Still provides great benefits Great coworkers Get to work with cool tech sometimes

Cons

Pay still sucks for most. Is literally being run by a used-car salesman and it shows. New focus is profits at all costs. We're a very profitable company but board has made greed a severe focus near the end of 2018 so company is making acquisitions without concern for the ability to sustain them.

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Daxko Response
7y
Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. We agree that our people are what makes us great; and that we have some cool tech! Our benefits package is second to none with unlimited Paid Time Off, casual work atmosphere, Free Lunch Fridays, etc Acquisitions are always challenging. But the facts are clear. Our employee turnover has actually declined. And we are hiring at a pace never before seen in the company’s history. Compensation is something we consistently evaluate with outside sources to ensure we can attract and retain the best people. We also offer unlimited earning potential with several bonus opportunities including: Referrals, spot bonuses, and merit bonuses, of which $35,000 was paid in Q1 alone . We’ve shared your feedback with Ron. He would love to speak with you one-on-one or in one of his regular fireside chat sessions with 12-15 people in each office. We highly recommend you attending the next one to share your concerns or discuss the latest trends in automotive retailing. We are proud of the continued growth at Daxko – which includes growth in revenue and profit. Profitability should always be a focus for any growing business – which benefits everyone from the board down to team members at every level in the organization. But as Ron often says, “The real assets go home at night. Daxko is first and foremost about great people.” The acquisitions Daxko has made over the past few years have been very successful, and we anticipate making more as we continue to grow. As we scale, we will continue to improve the process each time we make an acquisition. Growth and change can be uncomfortable, which is why we are currently doing training for all team members on change management, improved communication and workplace excellence. Again, we thank you for your review, and we hope to see you at the next feedback session.
1.0
Mar 14, 2019

Female engineers beware

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I was able to get some good experience working on challenging projects with current technologies/languages and agile methodologies. The office has a casual dress code and modern workspaces.

Cons

I was one of only two female engineers in the office, and we were both in our twenties. I mention that because older and more experienced female engineers probably knew better than to work at Daxko. During my two years of employment at Daxko, I saw no women in engineering management or engineering leadership. In fact, the two highest-ranking women in the whole company quit during the time that I was employed at Daxko, and a third soon after. The stereotypical bro culture is alive and well in the engineering department. My work was solid and I received nothing but good reviews from management, but my appearance and personal life were common topics of conversation among the men in the engineering department. I was always fighting to be respected and taken seriously. No matter how hard I worked, how professional I was, how appropriately friendly I was, it didn't matter. I was promoted without a raise, and when I left for a new company, I was immediately making 1.5 times what I made at Daxko. Members of leadership that I trusted would joke about me behind my back to other male coworkers. I filed a report with HR after one of them was physically inappropriate with me at a company party. Somehow, people found out and the rumors got worse. I quit a few months later. Since I've left Daxko, they've hired a new CEO who has been at the company less than a year and already has several harassment complaints against him. Read some other reviews-- he's misogynistic, and so are some of the new members of leadership that he's hired. Female engineers, stay away.

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Daxko Response
7y
Thank you for your feedback and review. It saddens us to hear that you didn’t have a good experience at Daxko. We want to address a few of the items you listed in your response. Women Leadership & Women in Technology - When it comes to representation of women in tech jobs, women hold 10 percent at Twitter, 15 percent at Facebook, and 17 percent of the tech jobs at Google. While the number of women in technology jobs at Daxko is on par with these numbers, our recruiting teams constantly strive to increase the diversity of our teams across the board. We welcome and encourage diverse applicants, including women for engineering and other tech positions. With respect to women in leadership, under our new CEO, 48% of all promotions in the last 6 months at Daxko have been female team members. Our new Chief Revenue Officer is also female. This brings the total women reporting to the CEO four out of nine. Complaint filed with HR – Daxko’s People Development team (HR) takes any complaint very seriously. When a complaint is received, the team moves quickly to investigate and address the situation with the highest level of confidentiality possible. The anonymity of this review does not allow us to research the situation, nor would we address an investigation in a public forum. Daxko promotes a culture of respect among its team members and does not tolerate harassment in any form. Again, we are sorry you did not have a good experience here, but we wish you the best in your future endeavors and support you in continuing to promote women in technology and leadership.
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