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A Pragmatist's Honest Review

Senior Software Engineering Manager
Current Employee
Has worked at Docusign for 2 years
October 8, 2018
San Francisco, California
5.0
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Pros

The people here really try to live the values the company espouses. As a manager, I can see the effort my peers in "middle management" make to be coaches and really address life balance, growth, and diversity.

When there is conflict, it is healthy in that people have their hearts in what they think is best, versus a political agenda (at least in Engineering). Life balance is great. Folks have a focused 8-hour day and leave at reasonable times. The realities of commuting and the cost of living in the Bay Area are realities we don't take for granted. Working from home 1 to 2 days a week is not an exception; it's a norm. If you are working late on a regular basis, then something has failed; it is not heroic.

We are in a high-growth phase, so with growth, there is opportunity in many facets (compensation, career, learning).

I feel my most comfortable self here, which may be an artifact of my time in my career as well. But for the most part, I don't feel like I have to fit a certain persona to be accepted, as compared to previous companies.

Cons

With growth can come some growing pains.

We need to get better at not just doing things the way they were done before. For a relatively small company, we have some slow, legacy internal processes.

Our Jira setup could be a lot more efficient.

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