Erosion of Company Values - people are the top reason to be here - Anonymous employee Data I/O Employee Review

3.0
Aug 3, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- great co-workers and easy to work with other teams - regular company events/lunches to get people in the office - good location with plenty of parking - vacation time great from the start - great work life balance, easy to set your own hours

Cons

- the company once prided itself on its employee-centric approach and robust benefits package, recent decisions have been a departure from these core values - prioritizing short-term gains over long-term employee well-being - bonuses are only during good times, which are rare in this business sector and reaching a full bonus is almost impossible - the original plan of having people in office 3 days a week failed and the collaboration and innovation is lacking - salaries are below market for this area and raises are small

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5.0
Mar 31, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good work life balance. Nice pay and bonus on years the company is profitable.

Cons

On years the company breaks even or is at a bit of a loss, no bonus. Even if you hit all your deliverables and requirements for one. Its understandable and frustrating at the same time.

1.0
Aug 9, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Lots of nice people at staff level and in production - Used to have reputation for work-life balance and decent benefits, but most pros eliminated by new CEO

Cons

- Company is in a no growth market and CEO has no strategy, only talks about himself and what he did ~20 years ago (incessantly) - New CEO manages by impulsive, random edicts and publicly degenerated team members - New CEO not at all focused - No clear requirements for engineers - New CEO doesn't understand product development or engineering, knows little to nothing about software development - New CEO doesn't appear to have ever built and supported a product - Company cuts costs on benefits, PTO, flexibility to make up for lack of growth and no viable strategy from new CEO - Company's tech and current market is a dead end, so are careers there

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