Dutchie reviews

- Honestly, I wasn't impressed by the caliber of talent at Dutchie. Everyone is nice, but I consistent ran into people who were really winging it. In my previous companies, I was used to feeling like I was the dumbest person in the room. At Dutchie, I kept feeling like "um....does no one else see this???" - There isn't psychological safety. People DO NOT want to hear bad news and shoot messengers. This is causing massive issues to be swept under the rug. I'm still worried about retaliation from posting this review and I don't work there anymore.

Lot's of instability. I almost feel bad for sourcing people away from steady jobs to come here. They are very meeting heavy and sometimes it's hard to get your actual job done. Leadership is poor. There are no check and balances. They like to say we want people who will just "get ish done" or "move first ask questions later", but it results in poor communication and people just taking on things to look busy and not making sure that it is effective or that the other people involved actually need it. A lot of the leaders are people who have just been there for a long time, but not neccessarily skilled enough to take the departments to the next level. You get the general sense that management is just winging it (which aren't we all) but because they dont really know, they dont really trust other people to do their jobs either. If things are changing they will just stop talking in general or even ignore you. You just have to kinda feel in your gut that things are gonna change. In a startup, prioties are going to change frequently. HOWEVER while I was there they would change on a daily sometimes hourly basis. They could care less about diversity. From what I've seen, if they are doing lay offs and you are BIPOC, you should be a little nervous. I dont think they are trying to be racist but they are not thoughtful about diversity AT ALL. You gotta be apart of the in crowd to make it here. It really helps to be white, male, have worked at Toast and get their jokes.