Pros
This company is unlike many of other startups in that the leadership team has been intentional about how and when we get funding and prefers to grow the company slowly and steadily. As such you will get more stability and work life balance than many other places. Clients genuinely find our product valuable and research is more stimulating than a boring saas product.
Cons
The slow and steady growth means you’d need to temper your expectation that you’re at a “rocketship.” The leadership believes strongly in a flat organizational structure and people are certainly not promoted every 6 months like some early stage companies, even when it’s deserved. They come from more formal consulting backgrounds, so some of their philosophy around career growth does show in that regard. There has been a lot of heads down hard work by many individuals and despite company growth I don’t see significant increases in salary or exciting career path opportunities for more than a couple of people. This may just be a reflection of the stage the company is at, and again you are getting far more stability than other startups, but it’s the biggest con I see about working at dscout. As a result we are seeing some longer term employees start to leave.
