Unrealistic Deadlines and Silo'd departments - Software Engineer Dyson Employee Review

2.0
Jun 14, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Potentially Interesting technical work developing new products. Culture in general is to use initiative and make things happen. Canteen is pretty good Relaxed atmosphere and dress code

Cons

Departments tend to work in silo's, which are treated as cost centres. Hard to incentive collaboration between departments. Unrealistic project deadlines, driven in a top down fashion. Project decisions taken for politcal, rather than sound business or engineering reasons. Some areas heavily micromanaged. Company is incredibly Opaque - Understanding long term strategy for items like recruitment is very difficult. - getting access to information about projects you are working on is difficult due to security constraints.

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Apr 9, 2026
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Pros

Great people, great environment, fast paced

Cons

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2.0
Jul 14, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- If your team/manager is great, that makes a huge difference - opportunity to take on huge responsibilities early in your career - camaraderie among coworkers - Some of the benefits are okay (health insurance, parental leave)

Cons

- Poor leadership with no real direction, at both the national and global level - Constant layoffs - Pay is not market rate (and they let you know that) - Everything is outsourced (designs, customer service, finance, etc.) - Dyson has become a market chaser rather than a market leader - Inflexible in-office policy (5 days, little exception) - Bonuses haven’t been paid in full in years Company is in a tail spin freefall. Jump ship while you can.

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