Career Growth Can Be Undermined by Organizational Politics - Anonymous employee DraftKings Employee Review

1.0
Jul 10, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Competitive benefits, including a 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and flexible time off. Fast-paced environment where you can gain exposure to different areas of the business.

Cons

Leadership communication around organizational changes can be lacking. Decisions often feel rushed with little transparency into the rationale, making it difficult to understand how career moves align with employees’ long-term development. Internal mobility can feel driven more by immediate business needs than by employee career aspirations. Employees may be asked to pivot into new roles with limited opportunity to influence the decision. Career progression and recognition can feel inconsistent. Employees may be entrusted with significantly greater responsibility without corresponding advancement in title or level. The culture can become highly political depending on the organization, leading to uncertainty and making it difficult to feel empowered in your career. Work-life balance varies significantly by team. In some operational roles, there can be an expectation to remain highly connected outside of normal working hours, which can contribute to burnout.

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Cons

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2.0
May 28, 2026
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Pros

The pros about this place is that if you want a quiet area to work when you do work there out of 3 days out of the week that they have you work there. At least that's what it was when I worked there I don't know if they've changed it. Then you work 2 days at home. It's very quiet. Most the time there is nobody there. They will train you and help you but you will eventually have to be able to do it on your own.

Cons

If you switch over to departments don't depend on the company keeping you. If you mess up. The company was literally going through a buyout with the lottery company when I was working there and everything was crashing. So I got let go because there were a lot of errors and the system that they upgraded to was worse than the one that we worked on. So basically if anything happens with the systems just make sure that you know what you're doing and that you catch up on everything.

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