Docusign

Good benefits, respected product/brand. Scarce pockets of very collaborative, friendly engineers at the IC level.

Ongoing layoffs, future is very uncertain.

A lot of toxic and incompetent, overcompensated managers were hired during the past 3-4 years in engineering, at all levels, starting from the CTO, failing to produce the results and blaming the employees.

Company primarily now hires engineers in India, hoping to get the same quality talent, but at a much lower dollar amount.

The latest CEO is mainly good at marketing and cost cutting, but not much else.

Lack of solid product growth vision, i.e. product management does not seem to be that competent or know what it needs to do.

The only way company is able to show any profit is via cost cuts and layoffs.

Company is in the process of being sold by the board to a few PE firms. The board had no clue how to run a software technology company and basically has messed it up.

Very not future proof. Sad.

Focus on the customers, their needs, wants, and challenges. Enhance and improve the existing product and its quality. Prioritize engineer experience and resources. Get a solid vision for technology growth and innovation.

The CTO needs to put his head down and show some good work that the rest of the engineering will support and respect. Or, perhaps it is time for him to retire or leave. The CTO mainly plays politics, further ruining the engineering org.