Digital Realty reviews

There is no work-life balance. Despite what the company will try to sell its employees and Shareholders, regularly will you be expected to be available during PTO and work more than 50 or 60 hours a week. Deadlines are a joke with regular "fire drills" and VP level employees breathing down their subordinates' necks with the demand to get things done. There is an insane amount of unrealistic expectations with regards to performance and the company is now shaped like a mushroom. C-Suite and VP levels are created almost weekly with zero help at the ground level to actually get the work done. It seems like senior level management is constantly trying to justify why they should still have a job and are creating arbitrary policies and procedures without any thought to the people who actually have to do the work. Communication is abysmal and processes are rolled out before they are fully vetted. If they actually knew what their customers and others in the industry thought of them, or actually cared, Digital would clean house of their high-ranking employees. The benefits are a joke.

Sales management confused - multiple places where an account is 'owned'; accounts with potential are non-existent. Very few reps make quota even few overachieve - bad for your career and W2. Be sure to ask about this during your interview. Little support, lots of politics, policies change frequently. Misled during hiring - over promised on potential but not really there. Toxic environment - hostile workplace for women and homosexuals. Common to hear colleagues use unprofessional language in email, hallways and during company events. example: Sales management discussed local strip clubs during interview as a way to gauge if I'd be comfortable entertaining clients there. Internal resources are hidden and hard to find, hard to use and you'll be told you are doing it wrong so much but there is no right way.