Manipulative Leadership - Anonymous employee Daxko Employee Review

1.0
24 Aug 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I made some great friends during my time at Daxko. People tend to get close when they're trying to cope in difficult environments.

Cons

The CEO likes to hide behind prepared statements and the messages passed down to employees are calculated. There are no growth opportunities, if you're lucky your manager will be honest and tell you this from the start. They want high turnover so they can continue to pay less than market averages for the same role. They do not care to invest in their employees. I was a manager on my team at Daxko, I left the company and took a lower title, and increased my salary by $8K. They'll say they're doing what they need to do to survive, but the truth is their leader is unequipped to navigate his team tough times. Tough times require empathy and he just doesn't have it. He loves to say that no one wrote a book on how to survive the pandemic, and while that's true, it's a cowardly response to his mistakes. He talks about Extreme Ownership but refuses to take ownership of the countless negative reviews that are left about his leadership. He actually asked employees to NOT leave negative reviews during a company all-hands. Leadership has convinced themselves they are doing the best they can. I don't accept it, and that's why I left.

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5.0
18 May 2026
Anonymous intern
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Pros

Employees are very kind and hardworking and are willing to help out when needed.

Cons

could improve its internship program by hosting intern focused workshops and seminars.

1.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Most people care a lot. And try to make the best of the miserable environment.

Cons

The culture is toxic from the top down. Leadership creates an environment of constant chaos, shifting priorities, and little accountability, leaving employees to absorb the consequences. Management by fear is accepted and, at times, seems to be embraced. The company continues acquiring businesses with little apparent planning for how those acquisitions will be integrated into the broader organization. Rather than building scalable processes first, existing teams are simply expected to absorb additional work while already operating at capacity. The result is an organization that constantly feels reactive instead of intentional. Every day becomes another exercise in putting out fires while being criticized for failing to anticipate priorities that were never clearly communicated. Leadership struggles to establish, communicate, and execute on a coherent strategy, making it difficult to accomplish meaningful work or feel successful. Long-term planning consistently takes a back seat to constantly changing priorities. Concerns about leadership and workplace culture are raised, yet the same patterns continue. Employees are left feeling unsupported, overextended, and increasingly burned out while leadership appears insulated from the impact of its decisions.

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