ZERO Work-Life Balance - Anonymous employee DraftKings Employee Review

2.0
Sep 28, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great snack, beer, and coffee selections (for free) - Free yoga classes, manicures, and barber. - Cool product that customers are genuinely excited about.

Cons

- There is absolutely no work-life balance - Bonuses are dependent on goals, and goals are always set to be out of reach (admitted by higher ups as a way for us to "stretch") - No clear career trajectory if you are below a certain level - Unlimited time off is a sham and you are expected to be available and be working to some extent even when you are on vacation. - Complaints made to HR are ignored. - Some managers are rude to cross-functional teams (creative, brand, analytics etc.) making it difficult for their directs to maintain a good working relationship with these essential teams.

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Pros

Truly a great company to work for. Personal development is a huge focus and this is a company that you will truly grow at. Having worked or had friends that worked at at a most of the big Boston tech companies, can confidently say DK will both treat you better and help you become more than any of the others

Cons

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2.0
May 28, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The pros about this place is that if you want a quiet area to work when you do work there out of 3 days out of the week that they have you work there. At least that's what it was when I worked there I don't know if they've changed it. Then you work 2 days at home. It's very quiet. Most the time there is nobody there. They will train you and help you but you will eventually have to be able to do it on your own.

Cons

If you switch over to departments don't depend on the company keeping you. If you mess up. The company was literally going through a buyout with the lottery company when I was working there and everything was crashing. So I got let go because there were a lot of errors and the system that they upgraded to was worse than the one that we worked on. So basically if anything happens with the systems just make sure that you know what you're doing and that you catch up on everything.

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