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Digital Realty

Company used to do a really good job at what they did. Too many chiefs have caused the indians to be overworked and pulled a million directions. CEO is a lackluster man who can crunch numbers but has let hungry corporate employees overrun and dilute the effectiveness a successful business process.

There are also too many groups adding their own processes and systems to complete tasks.... this caused major slow downs due to inefficient processes/bureaucracy and hurt the overall business operations of the company. These new "time saving" systems  are often implemented with little to no communication between departments so one day you may be doing your work correctly and the next you are not.

When an organization is already thin adding new administrative and upkeep processes to someones job who is trying to accomplish larger tasks creates a stressful and looong day.

The only upside is that there is overtime pay even with a base salary but never worth putting in 12 hour days and weekends.

My experience working at Digital from the first month to the last day was a negative one.  This is NOT a good company to work for.  In fact is it a toxic environment that will kill your spirit & waste your time if you think you'll learn, grow or get promoted.    

The processes are convoluted and ever-changing.  Employees are not given the tools to succeed in their current roles and as I mentioned forget about advancement!  Management is very cliquish, petty and support is nonexistent.  The lack of support and constant power struggles start at the top executive level & trickle down.    
   
I've been working a long time and this is hands down the worst company I've worked for.  I feel the time I worked there is a loss for me and my career since I walked away with nothing new learned.  

The only bright spot was my co-workers who were genuinely nice and helpful people and made coming to work tolerable.  

There are a lot of jobs available in the bay area don't waste your time working here.  You will regret it and soon be scouring Indeed for a new job.

I would never recommend this company.  You will be set up to fail.  You will not be given any support by the management above you.  You will be given more responsibility than you should be.  You will have work trickled down from all different departments in the company.  You will be expected to complete everything for your team.  The work load is outlandish. The expectation is perfection.  You will be given no room for error or mishap.  You will be labeled in a negative light for the mistakes that you will make because you are a new employee.

Don't think it won't happen to you.  If you are reading this it is because you want to know the truth.  The truth is that you will be excited to start something new and it will be made to sound great.  And it won't take long for the disappointment to set in.  The people will disappoint you.  The leadership will disappoint you.  The lack of support for a new employee will disappoint you.

I wish I had good things to say.  I'm not a negative person in normal life.  RUN!  Just don't do it.

• Lead discussions and manage the effective tracking of Marketing and Sales strategic initiatives.
• Developed bid management processes and training to support a US based sales team.
• Systematized bid response process to free up time for sales and sales engineering to focus on solving customer problems while complying with procurement requirements.
• Track Sales Account planning strategies.
• Work with cross functional teams (Finance, Sales & Marketing) on strategic projects to drive desired outcomes. 
• Develop tools for tracking progress and providing metrics on success.  
• Daily activities would include setting up and leading meetings with appropriate personnel and ensuring deadlines and progress are on track.    
• Required to work with sales management and personnel to obtain updates and provide progress reports.

Colocation was not a priority for DLR until 2015 when it acquired TelX, and three years later, the integration is still minimal at best.  Since the acquisition, they have not had very much success in colocation by comparison to their competitors for a wide variety of reasons.  The company believes it is a people problem, and they are known to hire excessively and then fire people within months based on metrics that go back to Day 1 of employment.  Whoever hires you will not be your sales manager in for very long.  Undoubtably, a new sales manager will be brought in, and you will be marked for termination if you are not above plan at that point.  My advice:  find a position on their Global accounts team, or look for better long term employment elsewhere.

What is the best part of working at the company?
A select few employees that I worked with were very nice

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Upper management controlling and toxic management styles. Very childish and manipulative which they deliver it as them doing their job. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Extremely toxic. If you’re not in the “in crowd” upper management will make your life very difficult. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Constant upper management changes and then they will yell at your for your incompetence when upper management is the ones who don’t understand

The legacy Telx sites is this companies bread and butter, but the policies and red tape processes  they put in place to complete day to day responsibilities really slows down and complicates easily performed tasks. The work environment is good, but internal teams do not communicate as they should, and they are very confused with process. this only creates fire drills and rush jobs for new customer installs.  great teams of technicians, and I think corporate does a poor job of recognizing them, and the work they put in to make a customers migration, or  turn up go smoothly. they do offer good 401k and ESPP plans, and pay/bonus is a positive.

The company has gone through so many changes in the past few years, it is barely recognizable. It may turn out to be a good thing for Digital, but it has created an atmosphere of hostility, stress and distrust. At the site I worked, the Management was overworked, overwhelmed, inexperienced and struggling. This created a very negative site culture. I would caution any potential hire to research the recent acquisition of Telx, and what it means to the organization. There are layoffs being conducted, and they are in the middle of major restructuring and remodeling of the teams.

Role was primarily remote but became exclusively remote during Covid. Leadership was effective in communication, supportive, and highly invested in our team's mission. All colleagues had something to offer in terms of varied experience, wisdom, and overall disposition. Digital Realty does not cut corners and values/respects its employees. Highly recommend.


Don't' trust these fools with your career. I joined this company with the high expectations to learn that management is dysfunctional and incapable of communication. There is little training, and less cross training. The DC Ops guys are great.  They really know what they are doing. The Marketing Team and the Asset Management team were a pleasure to work with and had a comfortable corporate culture. I can't say the same for Portfolio Ops, and would describe the Northern California mid-management team as incompetent.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Engineer 3 salaries reported	$87,000 per year
Senior solution architect 3 salaries reported	$176,667 per year
Senior accountant 3 salaries reported	$88,850 per year
Facilities engineer 3 salaries reported	$58.90 per hour
Assistant property manager 1 salary reported	$83,500 per year

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