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Jason Robins
69 Ratings
Pros
"The people are great to work with" (in 8 reviews)
"Work environment is well-balanced" (in 11 reviews)
Cons
"There is absolutely no work-life balance" (in 4 reviews)
"No cons, it’s an awesome place to work" (in 4 reviews)
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"Fast-Paced and Fun"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at DraftKings full-time (More than a year)
Pros
- Constant new development and innovation, starting early on you will be expected to design, build, and test your own systems.
- Ownership means learning all about the deployment, maintenance, and testing side of the process as well as coding.
- Surrounded by excellent engineers.
- Fun office perks and culture. Snacks, beer/wine, extra curricular events help build more personal relationships with coworkers
- Flexible schedule and vacation time/work from home policy.Cons
- Incredibly fast paced, and a "bias for action" means projects are often started before they are fully thought out. You will probably build at least one thing that doesn't get shipped or used in production. It can sometimes feel like the team is scrambling without a clear goal.
- The engineering org structure is constantly changing, and career paths are not as clearly defined as they should be.Advice to Management
Try to fight for clearer specs before beginning projects. Realize that a poorly built project delivered sooner might hurt the company in the long term vs a well built project delivered later.
DraftKings 2018-04-08 08:17 PDT Helpful (1)
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"Exciting time to be at DK"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at DraftKings full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Great company culture, lots of young people looking to make a difference within the industry, team oriented environment - employees are encouraged to do great work to support your team and projects, growing company with lots of opportunities for upward mobility, hiring like crazy
perks: mani-pedis, massages, game tickets, free food & snacks,Cons
People assume you need to love sports to work here - you don't, currently on a bunch of different floors so it feels like we are all very split up but we are moving to an awesome new space (biggest one floor office in Boston) so hopefully that will get better, over 80 percent men but I haven't noticed any real negatives around it...the company is starting a diversity initiative to improve these numbers
Advice to Management
Keep making positive change and being transparent with your employees
DraftKings 2018-09-24 11:46 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Rising Company with Enjoyable Work Environment"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at DraftKings full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Felt strong connect with management, enjoyed co-workers.
Cons
Capped growth potential within company as an engineer.
DraftKings 2018-09-14 15:26 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Customer Experience"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at DraftKings full-time
Pros
Great place to work, I love it here!
Cons
No cons, it’s an awesome place to work!
DraftKings 2018-09-11 21:21 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Needs to be better"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at DraftKings full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Flexible schedule, decent healthcare, good office location, 401k, some decent colleagues.
Cons
Sexism; Racism; Rampant nepotism; Favoritism; Incompetent HR; too many employees get away with doing subpar work while others are held to different standards (you will be thrown under the bus).
Advice to Management
DK is one HR violation away from becoming an Uber/Nike/employment scandal. Instead of hiring more people to fix your issues, listen to your longtime employees who have been loyal. There is a reason why the seasoned employees are leaving. You should start cleaning house of employees who don’t do anything and get promoted/recognized. It creates hostility and resentment. The “culture” has changed tremendously and not for the better. Fix it before we have more headlines.
DraftKings 2018-09-20 07:05 PDT![DraftKings Logo]()
"Negative Experience"
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Pros
remote work, flexibility in work hour
Cons
Rake percentages high, formatting for gpp's is top heavy
DraftKings 2018-08-20 07:55 PDT![DraftKings Logo]()
"Ok company"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOPros
Pay is above average around Boston.
Cons
Culture us not very good.
DraftKings 2018-06-10 04:08 PDTHelpful (5)
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"Great Place to Work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at DraftKings full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
- Very strong technical talent
- Interesting work, with real scale
- Excellent workplace perks (Haircuts/Nails/Massages/Food on Friday)
- Access to fun events; the box at Gillette stadium is great
- Growing rapidly
- Strong team vibeCons
- Our technical documentation needs some work
DraftKings 2018-04-04 08:02 PDT![DraftKings Logo]()
"Really great place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at DraftKings part-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
DraftKings is a group of very smart people who are great to work with. The company handles any of its business challenges with a lot of consideration as to how employees will be affected. They are a family friendly organization that is a fun place to work.
Cons
Due to company growth, office space is a bit tight.
DraftKings 2018-03-28 08:48 PDT![DraftKings Logo]()
"Great Company"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at DraftKings full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Opportunities to work with smart people and make meaningful contributions. Cool perks like massages, haircuts, snacks, beer, etc. Company is growing rapidly and I'm excited to be a part of it!
Cons
Requires some mental fortitude to deal with negative external allegations, legal challenges, etc.
Advice to Management
Keep pushing for growth and stick to well-thought-out plans
DraftKings 2018-03-22 17:48 PDT
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