Red Tape, Red Tape, and Red Tape - Anonymous employee data.ai Employee Review

1.0
Dec 10, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free breakfast, lunch, drinks and snacks, but not delicious.

Cons

As a start-up around 400 people, it has as much red tape as a Fortune 500 Bank or Oil and Gas company. To start a project, people have to collect more than a dozen of sign-offs from each functions. Many people without sufficient knowledge can jump in say no just because they worry about the possible negative impact to themselves. If something bad really happens, all of these people either disappear or point fingers. They definitely didn't work for the best interest of the company but for their own groups or themselves. App Annie also lacks a strong momentum on the engineering side. The product roadmap is revised every week to extend more time for new product development. Tons of money was spent to get a key product but they ended up buying another company for the technology.

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data.ai Response
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Less than 90 days, I couldn’t agree more that we need to be more agile and focus on empowering our employees to make rapid decisions without multiple reviews and approvals. I truly wish that I had the opportunity to speak with you directly, because I was brought in to help solve many of the challenges you expressed. Even though you may not have been officially on my team, as part of the App Annie executive management team charter, I would have gladly stepped in to help address your frustrations. Thank you for your feedback.

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