Corporate Colonialism, a Full Serving of Racism, and a Side of Emotional Trauma - Anonymous employee Dyson Employee Review

1.0
Jan 5, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some products are truly fantastic - one can marvel at the how clever features are incorporated into products. Travel - I was lucky enough to travel frequently and see the world through my role and work on projects and events in several countries. Half Day Fridays - Summer Fridays became an all year affair.

Cons

Upper Management - A private company with a very massive wealth gap between the owner (James) and the people who perform the day to day work. Salary - FAR UNDER (some cases 25%) market rate for a company with so much revenue and an owner who believes he has made the same world changing contributions as Apple, Tesla, and Microsoft. Vacation - UK Employees receive 5 weeks of vacation, however, US based employees begin with 2 weeks. Cultural differences aside, ex-pat Brits working in the US maintain their 5 weeks of vaction Racism and Discrimination - There were no shortage of microagressions (telling a black woman she needed to work on the way she walked and dressed), blatant racism (telling a black male that he was not allowed to participate in an event because he did not represent what a "Dyson engineer was supposed to look like"), assumptions that POC only worked in the call center, and so many other examples. James Dyson and the British Way - Made out to be a monolith. The British way is the only way. If you disagree or do anything other than execute the direction from the UK your life at Dyson won't be a fun one. Culture - Unless you're a Brit, you will NEVER find yourself a VP unless certain factors make it impossible for a UK citizen to hold that position such as VP of Legal (educated and permitted to practice law in the United States). Many teams will find the smallest reason to not promote or progress you: hire outside the company for a position one would naturally progress into, use months old criticism that you only became aware of in your end of year review, and so much more. Never have I ever worked at a place that conditioned me to feel as if I was not valued.

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