Pros
Everything looked great when I started over a year ago working for DataV side of the business, then the truth came (read below for more on that). The pros are pretty outstanding: free snacks 2/3 times a week, free lunches occasionally, base pay and commission plans, morale, teamwork, culture, and optional standing desks. You also get a work laptop, free parking in the garage or free orca card, gym, downtown location, and open door policy.
Cons
Here comes the truth: DataV is not the type of product they sell it to be. Of course the product works but they sell it as a "SaaS" product with "Apps" that claim to be out of the box; but in reality, the product has to be customized to each customer making the sales cycle enormously long. This means that bonuses are far and few between - so reaching the claimed OTE is an outrageously ridiculous notion. Other cons include: - No career growth. Employees are eager to grow but the roles are stagnant and management won't promote. - Management runs things quietly behind people's back so you really don't know what's going on. - Work life balance. Get all your work done and some extra work or you'll be fired. - Taking over a week PTO is unheard of. - PTO plan itself is low. - Number of customers. They claim to have hundreds of customers but a few customers have bought DataV software. The other customers are from a different department that resells Microsoft licenses (nothing to do with DataV). - Required office time. No work from home option. This is a direct requirement from the CEO, Jerry Chase, who likes to have bodies in the office. Good luck with the Seattle and Bellevue traffic! - Low walled cubicles. Everybody sees everything. - Favoritism. If your manager likes you, great! You can get away with pretty much anything! If they don't, good luck keeping your job for another quarter...
