Not a Good Company to Work For - Anonymous employee Dexcom Employee Review

1.0
Dec 29, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Note: the review comments below are specific to a department; can't speak about the experience in other departments; it may be different in other departments. - Employee gets to meet and work with very knowledgeable and experienced co-workers from many different departments. - Opportunity to contribute in many different ways, and to learn new experiences in many different fields and areas. - Company truly cares about patients with diabetes, and their customers. - Many great and innovative ideas.

Cons

Note: the review comments below are specific to a department; can't speak about the experience in other departments; it may be different in other departments. - No opportunity for life-work balance. Work load on employee is not manageable, but employee is blamed if he/she complains about unrealistic goals, and overwhelming work load. - Toxic work environment; employee is treated as a machine, and there is no kindness and empathy shown to the employee. - Many managers/supervisors have the technical expertise, and are very knowledgeable and experienced. However, many lack social and communication skills, and do not treat employees with respect. - Resources to perform job duties effectively and in a timely manner are very limited, or not available at all. However, employee is expected to get all work done by established deadline. It feels like you need to struggle to overcome the many challenges and obstacles others put in your way to get your work done on time and 100% right the first time to meet expectations. - Many expectations are unrealistically high, and the employee is expected to say something if he or she needs help or feel she/he cannot meet the goals with the time and resources available. However, employee gets blamed for it. - Employee is expected "to do whatever it takes" to get all job done; which includes working weekends and many long-hour days as a norm, not just once in a while when necessary. - Great place to get too stressed, anxious, overwhelmed, and feel under appreciated and sad about your job. Many managers/supervisors do not listen and do not try to understand their employees, which is very unfortunate. - I enjoy the technical aspects of the job, however everything described above kills employee's motivation, creativity, and the interest in staying longer in the Company.

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Dexcom Response
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Thank you very much for sharing your open and direct feedback on your past experience at Dexcom. You mention that experiences may vary between departments, and if you would be willing to update your review to indicate your past department I commit to directly sharing your comments with the appropriate leadership and HR business partners so that we can take a look in the mirror and focus our efforts in the right places. Finally, I am truly sorry that you had a poor experience with Dexcom and that this led to your leaving the company.

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