In the last year or so, the company has really been struggling. Struggling in many areas which has caused major issues across the company. The problems are only getting worse since management is very inexperienced, they run the company like a fraternity and are too into themselves to really care about fixing the problem.
The negatives:
1) The bot space has become a commodity and unfortunately there are easier (implementation is a nightmare), less expensive and better solutions out.
2) I really like all the new offices, but is that really the best use of funds?
3) I hate to say this, but there is a lot of interoffice relationships going on. Seems like everyone is sleeping with everyone else. Very distracting and unprofessional.
4) Moral is really, really, really bad. Especially in sales and engineering. I've never heard anyone in engineering say anything good about the CTO and that makes hiring great engineers very hard.
5) Sales are hard to come by.
6) People are leaving and the company has slowed hiring big time. They even let a few recruiters go. Not a good sign.
I would say that Distil is the classic valley startup that has first time founders with little to no experience running a company...take on a bunch of money, spend a bunch of money, have a bunch of fun, but never learn (or care) how to actually run your business for long term sustainability. Therefore, the end result is another failed startup. I hope this is not the case, but all signs are pointing that way.
