- Poor product management. DI has repeatedly focused their development effort on new products that have questionable business models or are of minimal interest to customers (aside from a tech demo) to the detriment of their existing products. Many products do not have adequate (if any) product management. As a result DI routinely ships products that have glaring deficiencies because the product managers who actually know how the products will be used are too far removed from the development teams.
- Working on too many projects simultaneously, with conflicting demands on internal support teams. No clear prioritization amongst major projects leads to people working around overwhelmed support teams to get work done.
- Senior management continues to interfere in the product management process to ensure that "pet" projects continue to be developed, even if they should be critically reevaluated (i.e. cancelled).
- DI has a large project management bureaucracy for a company of their size. Too much focus on completing "user stories" and measuring development progress. Not enough focus on whether or not said "user stories" are actually delivering value to customers. DI's development process is not really "agile" in any sense of the word.
- DI has too much hierarchy in their management structure, and undergoes frequent internal reorganizations.
- Pay and benefits are subpar for a "tech" company.
- No real opportunity to earn equity.
- Had layoffs in 2015.