Digital Realty reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(625 total reviews)

Andy Power

92% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Digital Realty has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 625 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Digital Realty employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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625 reviews
5.0
Nov 21, 2016

Assistant real estate manager Chicago

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great team, good benefits, modern offices, lots of employee events, innovative forward thinking company, employee appreciation perks such as snacks, coffee, drinks in offices, lunches, happy hours, etc.

Cons

Lack of promotion opportunities (they tend to hire from without), poor communication, lack of training and development, no tuition reimbursement, not a lot of room to grow. Disconnect between senior leadership and on-site staff.

1.0
Nov 2, 2016

This is not the employer you are looking for.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They will pay you and you will receive benefits. Overtime is usually available. Depending on the site you work at there may be parties or corporate events to attend.

Cons

This company has been very top heavy for the better part of a decade and following a recent acquisition and restructuring does not seem to have learned from their mistakes. The senior leadership team is wholly concerned with improving the bottom line and less so with sufficiently providing the services sold to clients. The facility staff are overworked and stretched thin to provide subsistent coverage and there is absolutely no work/life balance for the employees actually keeping the facilities running. Routinely, employees will be required to work overtime or adjust schedules to fill gaps due to a lack of coverage. As someone that has worked with Digital for multiple years, I have seen some of the best and brightest passed over for the scant promotions the company has made available which have been offered to the candidate that kisses the most posteriors. As a result, the wisest employees quit and move onto better opportunities and the rest are left to cover the gap in scheduling. My experience at Digital Realty was that I worked hard, did above and beyond my job requirements, was loyal, tolerated an obscene amount of corporate abuse of employees and was let go when my position was redundant following the acquisition "due to the numbers." Results and hard work are not more important than dollars and cents at Digital Realty.

1.0
Oct 28, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great industry and merger with Digital Realty is going well. There are some very nice people who work here,scattered among the not so nice.

Cons

Old boys network. CYA mentality- everyone lives in fear of being fired so no one helps each other for fear of making a mistake. Can't get a thing done.

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