Great Company - Software Engineering Manager DraftKings Employee Review

5.0
Oct 24, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Had a lot of fun and it was a very collaborative experience. Seemed like a very mature process in terms of hiring and onboarding. The promotion process seemed a little much, but it didn't leave room for questioning any promotion. Coming from a button-up corporate culture, it was definitely a culture shock when joining. But I say that as a good thing. Very relaxed, but focused. Extremely work-life balanced. Taking time to myself was very encouraged, whether it was a daily walk/me time or extended vacations. They treated me like an adult that as long as my work was accomplished, they trusted me with my time. They have a lot of brilliant people there which can be intimidating, but very educational too.

Cons

There's not much cons. I disagreed with certain business decisions, but felt included in discussions. The main one is just the industry itself. I was fine with it, but it can weigh on you if you think too hard about it. That has nothing to do with the company though.

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Cons

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2.0
May 28, 2026
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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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