Chatsworth Manager - Anonymous employee DDN Employee Review

2.0
Feb 26, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Not many that I can really remember.

Cons

* C level suite and Owners do what is right for them not what is right for the company or the people working at DDN. They get their bonuses and whatever is left is given out to employee's which is not a lot. 1 of the owner is extremely into micro-managing all the way down into the trenches that it has become a joke among employee's. * My team really did not want improve and when guided to improve ignored request. When tried to perform corrective action was blocked by Sr. Management and HR. HR even coddled them when they felt hurt that they had been asked to do work properly. It was a total joke. * HR sticks it nose into areas that traditional HR doesn't belong. They definitely operate by favoritism. They got rid of experience HR people and kept their favorites who have very little HR experience. * HR has asked employees to give favorable glass door feedback because they saw how bad things were.

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DDN Response
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We appreciate your feedback. DDN is not unlike other entrepreneurial environments, which is to be a profitable and thriving business. Communication is a key part of our continued success, and we encourage you and other employees to try to work through your concerns productively through timely input, which is not only through Glassdoor, but other internal avenues such as HR and your management. Together, we can try to address and make DDN better!

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