Stay away, terrible place to work, money not worth it! - Anonymous employee Data Republic Employee Review

Hi there, First off, thanks for taking the time to leave this feedback on working at Data Republic. When I took on the CEO position at Data Republic in February 2019, employee reviews like yours helped me to understand where I needed to direct my efforts. We’ve always had big aims to help the world unlock the power of data by building our own governed ‘Data Republic’. But I’ll be the first to admit that when I joined as CEO it was clear that the team was not working effectively, due to a lot of the things you mentioned in your review. Now that I’m 6+months in, I wanted to take the time to respond here with some information on what we’ve been working on to address some of the issues raised above. There are three big areas that we have worked hard to improve over the course of 2019: 1) Corporate and Technology strategy alignment 2) Accountability and teamwork 3) Devolving decision-making Under each of these areas I have actioned new processes and structures with the team to empower our people. Here are a few examples: - I’ve separated product and technology teams and changed reporting structures. - The engineering, product and technology teams have been empowered under new leadership structures to define strategic priorities, roadmap and headcount plans. - We’ve hired a new CTO and are building the team to build the product that fits with our ambitious vision. - We’ve rolled out 360 reviews across the company. I’m personally reviewing and working with People Leaders to up their game. - I’ve devolved day-to-day decision-making to 3 x cross-functional councils: People, Product, Pipeline & Customer. These councils are empowered to make decisions on roadmap and customer prioritisation, people and HR initiatives and what we’re saying ‘no’ to. This empowers our team to move faster and gives everyone a voice. There’s more (too much to write here) but people looking at these reviews should know that I’m 100% committed to making Data Republic and our People successful. Finally, thank you again for your honest review/s - I do read them and will always be here to listen about how we can be better. - Danny Gilligan, CEO and CoFounder