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Christian Rodatus
8 Ratings
Pros
Strong sales team with big data and consultative sales skills (in 16 reviews)
Talented, hard-working and helpful, but also create a very fun culture to work in (in 9 reviews)
Cons
big data on Hadoop" to "BI on Hadoop" to "native (in 7 reviews)
As a fast growing company, lots of challenges keeping internal systems organized (Growing pains) (in 5 reviews)
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"Great people, great product"
StarStarStarStarStarRecommendsNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Datameer full-time
Pros
Some of the best people I've ever worked with. Talented, hard-working and helpful, but also create a very fun culture to work in.
Great technology behind the product and exciting to work for a cutting-edge company, also a good opportunity to learn.Cons
There seems to be a big culture divide between the US and German offices which affects decision-making. Whilst the German offices are great, the offices in the US seem to be not such fun places to work.
Advice to Management
Trust employees with the work they were hired to do and work to reduce the churn rate. Treat people with respect and try to repair the damage to the culture that's taken place recently.
Datameer 2017-05-30 22:15 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Major potential with some challenges"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Datameer full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
- Strong product development team and product direction
- The people are genuinely welcoming and supportive - many are friends as well as coworkers
- Management seems to be working hard to improve company culture and quality of life in the office (new meal catering plans, fun happy hours, etc)
- The big data and analytics space is pretty hot at the moment and there is definitely value in Datameer's product offering/capabilities.Cons
- Some recent cultural upheaval due to changes in upper management.
- Some teams are still adjusting.Datameer 2017-05-01 09:24 PDTHelpful (6)
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"Product has out dated architecture for current Hadoop analytics"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOPros
Nice people. Their marketing exceeds product capabilities.
Cons
Management has lost their way.... Founder has a big ego and thinks he knows the current Hadoop market. He's living in the old Map Reduce market from 2009.
Datameer is very tough to use and very tough for people to adopt.Advice to Management
Scrap their old analytics frameworks and build new modern architecture
Datameer 2017-05-24 14:34 PDTHelpful (4)
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"Maybe the new CEO can turn it around"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Datameer full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Great space, great employees, challenging vision.
Cons
Cultural quagmire due to founder.
Advice to Management
Move on from the founder.
Datameer 2017-04-28 19:28 PDTHelpful (9)
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"Not lean, minimal and barebones."
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Datameer (More than a year)
Pros
The people are great and they feel like a family. Hard not to look forward to coming to the office every day knowing everyone else will be there.
Cons
The company has taken "lean" to an extreme. Culture and personality is not just lacking, it's vilified. Walking into the office feels like you're in a library; it's pin-drop silent and there's not a single sign of the company having spent any money on the work place beyond having a desk, chair, and laptop for every employee. If you were dropped into the middle of the office without any context, you wouldn't know where you are or what company's office you're in unless you went outside to look at the sign on the door. Even basic computer peripherals like a mouse have to be funded by the employees themselves. Conference rooms are mostly unfurnished apart from the dry erase wall and projector.
While the people themselves are great and they feel more like family than colleagues, the company operates like a revolving door on steroids as the average tenure in the SF office is about 10 months. It doesn't help that management was focused on letting go of as many people as possible and not backfilling their roles in order to try and make the company look as if the profit margin is healthy, resulting in multiple rounds of layoffs and an unsustainable workload where everyone is asked to do things they're bad at.Advice to Management
Invest in your team if you want your team to invest in you. Color up the office and add some personality to it. Introduce perks for employees outside of just insurance coverage and salads twice a week, like discounted gym membership across the street, or team outings, etc and actually have a budget for all this. Promote positive behaviors and positive attitudes, not just crack the whip when you see negative behavior.
You're in the middle of Silicon Valley with hundreds of significantly more attractive companies within a 10 mile radius. If you want to attract and retain top talent, you need to give them a reason to come and stay.Datameer 2017-04-12 01:51 PDT![Datameer Logo]()
"Partner Manager"
StarStarStarStarStarPros
Self Service Big Data Analytics
Cons
A lot of churn at all levels
Datameer 2017-04-06 11:23 PDTHelpful (4)
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"Sales"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Datameer full-time
Pros
awesome product with great engineering team
Cons
horrible sales management team. managers want fresh mind to mold but with 2-3 years of experience? basically just agree and do everything that is asked.
Advice to Management
Hire properly and train your managers as well. Inability to interview or coach new talent is the death of sales.
Datameer 2017-03-20 00:53 PDTHelpful (4)
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"Words Words Words"
StarStarStarStarStarDoesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOPros
There are/were some great people at the company, as well as limited oversight from superiors during mass layoffs or turnover (which was frequent).
There may be an short term cloud opportunity while the Hadoop market figures out if it has any moves left.
Parking is easy, although it might cost you your life (or a windshield).Cons
High turnover - as high as the guy smoking crack down the street.
Product can't scale, the market is in complete flux and is saturated with a number of various add-ons and distributors.
Marketing changed course numerous times as the entire industry figured out how to sell to Hadoop users. From "big data" to "big data on Hadoop" to "BI on Hadoop" to "native big data on Hadoop powered by BI"....you get the idea.
Fractured offices in two different countries. The Germany office has some of the highest tenured employees - mostly the core of their IT - which is currently skewing the overall ratings. To be fair, company culture was usually at its best when they came to HQ for yearly kickoffs.Advice to Management
May the wind always be at your back and the sun upon your face. And may the wings of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars.
Datameer 2017-03-14 19:32 PDTHelpful (10)
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"Total Disapointment"
StarStarStarStarStarI worked at Datameer full-time
Pros
None that I can think of.
Cons
What a total disappointment this company turned out to be. It had so much potential, but the management and turnover of the company is incredible. Anyone who is any good has been laid off, or have left on their own, leaving behind the people who can't seem to find another job or are complacent and lazy or are just comfortable coasting by. This is a mark on my resume I'm not particularly proud of.
Advice to Management
What is going on behind close doors? Former CEO leaves, then comes back as CEO of product? That's not even a real title.
Datameer 2017-03-04 10:59 PSTHelpful (6)
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"Chance to Be Better"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
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RecommendsNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Datameer full-time
Pros
The people here are some of the most genuine and warm people I've ever met despite some of the outliers. This company feels like a family to me and I am so glad joined. We've had our fair share of bad moments, but there has also been a tremendous amount of hard work, excitement, and fun throughout. I think the changes that have happened will make the company a better place to work. Unfortunately some of the damage has been done. We must make better decisions moving forward.....and I believe we will.
Cons
-Some of the leadership (in the past) perpetuated the abusive/dictator stereotype.
-We've taken "lean" a little too far
-The snacks and beverage situation could be betterAdvice to Management
-Hiring managers should do more off-site team building activities
-There needs to be autonomy and flexibility for people to feel ownership and to be empowered
-There's needs to be open dialogue on how to fix things and move forwardDatameer 2016-11-04 16:03 PDT
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