Needs Vast Improvement - Datacenter DataBank Holdings Employee Review

2.0
Dec 14, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work Independence. Flexible Hours. Not heavily micro managed. Strong company growth.

Cons

The worst thing that could happen to Databank is that they acquired both Lightbound and zColo. Databank's utmost concern is for the company to grow, but employees cannot grow with it. Middle management are nothing but bullies with an incomplete vision of how to run things going forward. Pay is not market rate and there is no chance to be promoted to anything significant.

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DataBank Holdings Response
4y
Thanks again for the contributions you made during your tenure here at DataBank. We’re sorry you left with a negative impression of our recent acquisitions of zColo and Lightbound. Integrating new acquisitions is never easy, especially when they more than double the size of your operations. And the bigger the integration, the tougher the decisions. We don’t always get it right the first try but we’re always guided by our cultural values: Putting People First, Being Data Centered, Inspiring Confidence, Assuming Positive Intent, Taking Extreme Ownership, etc. We’re not afraid to admit when we’ve made a mistake either, and we always try to learn from them. We recognize these integrations create a lot of change that can be disorienting for staff as they have to let go of old systems and ways of doing things and embrace new approaches that we think will scale better. But those changes also create opportunities for growth and advancement for those willing to adapt and we’ve invested heavily this past year in developing new career paths and training modules so that our people can grow along with DataBank.

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DataBank Holdings Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re glad to hear you valued your team and workflow. While we’re proud of the culture we strive to build at DataBank, including our employee ownership program and recognition as a Best Place to Work in 2025 and 2026, we understand experiences can by employee and appreciate your comments/feedback on communication and team collaboration. Feedback like yours is important as we continue working to improve the employee experience at DataBank.
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