Toxic fire-drill culture - Software Development Engineer Dynatrace Employee Review

1.0
28 Sept 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Recently went IPO over the summer.

Cons

The IPO doesn't mean anything to 99% of employees, since none of us got stock options, nor did they roll out a Stock Purchase Plan while I was there. Which underscores the company does not care about its employees; there are no performance, reviews, no bonuses, no cost of living increases. Several members on my team received technical certifications and even higher ed degrees but with no recognition or salary increase. It went from being an environment of innovation, to a culture of "yes-men", micromanagement and groveling (literally, I saw VP's take a groveling posture to the C-levels when they approach/speak to them).

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Dynatrace Response
6y
Since Dynatrace went public, we are working on a global ESPP program where all employees can participate as a new benefit. As far as your comments on performance reviews, we do in fact compensation reviews each quarter and believe in real-time feedback over annual performance reviews. Your opinions on management and leaders is something we take very seriously and will be addressed to the appropriate people. We appreciate you being candid with your feedback. Best of luck in your future endeavors!

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Dynatrace Response
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Thank you for your feedback and for adding your perspective here.
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