Salaries not keeping pace with Inflation - Cloud Architect DoiT Employee Review

1.0
Jun 22, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

remote work (very common nowadays)

Cons

I do not want to have to write this review, but I have no other choice. I have worked for DoiT for 3 years, and I have seen them post and bloat about record-breaking profits! wahoo! I would not mind that, if we all shared in the success, but we do not (btw. the share offering is so small). Costs for that so-called perceived privilege of working from home have dramatically increased over the last 2 years, they make no contribution to this cost, DoiT has no office and therefore benefits greatly from this since the staff absorb the costs. My performance has been rated excellent, yet for 3 years, salaries have not even kept pace with inflation (UK), not even halfway to it. DoiT seems to be good for a year or two, but beyond that, you have to move on to maintain your standard of living, especially when costs consistently increase, its not what I want to do. It is a shame since they have no reason to not do this other than to line the pockets of the few (which could still be the case). I do not think they care, they have never asked, and an approach regarding salary would not be welcome, no doubt the reply will say that it would (but please do not believe the corporate image they attempt to put across here). They will also say they look at location/market/conditions, and they might actually do that when making an offer, to be sure that they pay nothing beyond what they have to, but after you start work, that is it.

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DoiT Response
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Thank you for your feedback. Being a remote-first company offers a host of advantages for both the company and our team members around the world. We certainly save on office costs, and those savings are paid forward through more generous compensation, benefits, perks, engagement funds, peer recognition, travel opportunities for all Do'ers to attend our Annual Company Kickoff (when at most companies this is usually a sales-only event), and more. Our Cloud Architects also have the ability to spend up to 30% of their time on professional development as we look to ensure the team has the time and the support needed to uplevel their skills and keep pace with the speed of innovation across the multi-cloud ecosystem. We feel we pay everyone generously and appropriately for their roles with plenty of opportunities to grow their experience, strategic impact and compensation along the way with us. We also review our benefit offerings and utilization rates annually and have made adjustments to our offerings over time, like the addition of our Annual Bonus Program for all non-sales employees in 2021 - a benefit that has paid out well above plan each year since its creation after exceeding our financial targets. Inflation is on the rise and we are incredibly fortunate to be in a position to continue to charge ahead with our plans to successfully scale our business and support our team without fear of the same types of corrections we're seeing across the Tech and Startup Landscape. As it stands, we do a company wide compensation and benefit and compensation review each year and consistently receive positive feedback. We work within our budget, and also consider our salary ranges, past performance and strategic impact, tenure, compensation history, market competition and internal equity - in addition to fluctuations in Cost of Living. Any Do’er that would like to have a personal conversation about compensation is strongly encouraged to reach out to their manager, their People Operations Business Partner, or myself. Our AMA channel is a great forum for anyone with general questions, but employees can also use go/saysomething to share confidential reports or share their feedback in one of our confidential engagement surveys. (Our 2nd company wide Engagement Survey for 2023 will be sent out in the second half of this year.) Kristen Tronsky, Chief People Officer @ DoiT

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5.0
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Pros

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