Digital River Reviews

Pros

Very flexible work environment. Great benefits and a great work environment.

Cons

Too reliant on a few large clients.

Advice to Senior Management

Focus more on the core business.

Pros

nice working cubicles(accessories, chairs, desk ) , working environment , independence in working hours, good benefits as a company employee , recreational areas , cafeteria, challenging tasks

Cons

very bad admin staff and especially Human resource department , sometimes it takes weeks to get reply from them and you have to push many times to get things resolved , team leaders supports but still confused and lacks management techniques to deal situation and if a issues arises , blames and finger pointing are commonly observed. no proper way to discussion and managers say they will look into issues but don't help much

Advice to Senior Management

more robust way to report issue anomalously and hard measure to tackle problems arising in staff , and HR dept should respond due diligently

Pros

Digital River offers work that can be satisfying and rewarding at the project or client implementation level. Understanding and tackling problems and opportunities in a pragmatic, tactical sense is a core competency. The new building is nice.

Cons

A chronic inability to think and act strategically permeates the organization. Projects are usually overcommitted and understaffed. Typical long hours/ high stress work can feel like- and frankly usually is- running in place.

Advice to Senior Management

At minimum, there should be more decisiveness around not only what we are doing, but around what we are not doing.

Pros

The people are above average, the work is challenging, the opportunities are diverse. One of the best places I have worked.

Cons

At least when I started, you didn't get ramp up time. You definitely hit the ground running.

Pros

Work culture, people and perks. Flexible timings. Great technical leadership. Good place to be if you want to work in a software engineering shop. Extremely cohesive engineering teams.

Cons

Too much driven by client and competition. Not very strategy driven. Senior management still trying to figure out where it wants to be. Too many strategic shift in last couple of years.

Advice to Senior Management

Think long term. Think where you want to be in 5-7 years.

Pros

- Great coworker and smart ppl to work with
- Flexible hour
- You can learn a lot from smart ppl here.
- It is good for new grad.

Cons

- No clear innovation.
- There is no product in the company. All projects are client driven.
- Upper Management is stubborn. They don't accept their mistake and accept new ideas.
- You have to work more than 60 hours in a week to get some recognition.
- Implementation is based on delivery but it has not been thought as a product.
- Headquarter ppl won't listen and believe in remote offices.

Advice to Senior Management

You need to stop for one sec and think about platform and product development instead of listening to clients. Clients will come and leave but products will stay on platform. Windows 8 will change the entire ecosystem of software download. Please start thinking about future and stop bragging about 20 years old technology. Think ahead.

Pros

Varied and interesting work, and the company is really working hard to bolster its position. Pay and benefits are very good. Regular events, and a relaxed atmosphere as long as things get done. Chances to travel for those in the right departments.

Cons

Satellite, so opportunity for growth varies greatly depending on department. Working environment is very poor. Management varies from strong to being a liability depending on the department.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to pay more attention to what is being done and what is being said in Ireland.

Pros

A flexible work schedule, good benefits, young public company that continues to grow and buy more business units world wide,

Cons

pay is not so great. company has too many eggs in one basket, so if a major client leaves, the bottom line is greatly impacted.

Advice to Senior Management

increase pay for cities where cost of living is higher than corp offices in MN - the rent, gas, and everything is way more for the california business units, than units in PENN or MN

Pros

Fast paced, exciting client list
international travel
Ability to move around the company, expanding you skillset
competitive pay, great benefits,

Cons

Management changes direction quickly
high employee attrition rate
easy to get 'burned out' with high work loads

Advice to Senior Management

none

Pros

Great Work life balance. Caring managers. Solid Parent company. Fun location in downtown Provo. And great camaraderie among co workers.

Cons

No strategy for success. Senior management does not give a voice to others. 1990's technology tends to make opportunities to stay current difficult. Little will to go do new things to succeed.

Advice to Senior Management

Get help defining a real strategy. Meaning decide how you will succeed in the market. There is no strategy to help guide others in making decisions.