Pros
People here are really educated, interesting and kind, and the overall attitude at Dataminr is super positive. Benefits are fantastic: unlimited sick days, great health and dental insurance, two volunteer days a year, professional development funds, etc. PTO for Domain Experts is 27 days, without federal days off. Your day is pretty much over after six hours, which is also really nice.
Cons
1. Dataminr makes it seem like the work-from-home setup is flexible. It's not. Domain Experts are dependent on their three monitors (which means they need to work in the same place every day), work over the weekends every three weeks, don't get federal holidays off, and are expected to handle immense amounts of stress. This arrangement is completely incompatible for people with families or roommates. 2. Work is the same every day. Monitor tweets for six hours and write captions. It can get really exciting and meaningful on some days, but most days are the same. 3. Insufficient staffing: taking off isn't such a simple matter. Given Domain Experts' shift-based work, managers need to make sure there are enough Domain Experts working every day, so PTO requests are often denied, or some sort of "compromise" is made.
