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MarkLogic

Acquired by Progress

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Good Tech, Bad Outlook - Engineer MarkLogic Employee Review

2.0
6 Oct 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

WLB depends on the product area, but generally excellent. Lower management, in my experience, is wonderful. They want you to succeed and are open to feedback. The database technology is second to none. Current CEO is an industry veteran and was able to really turn the company around after previous CEO royally screwed up the company. Friendly and good natured people. It really does feel like this company should succeed given how good the tech is, so it's painful to see the company unable to grow. And there is a massive portfolio of government, bank, and insurance customers, and we have a very frugal CFO ... it will be hard for the company to go under.

Cons

Feels like there is no excitement in the company anymore. All employees employed 5 years ago are now gone, mass exodus of talent over last 3 years. It doesn't feel like same company anymore. CEO has disappeared. No new talent wants to work here. We don't get updates on how company is doing. Core technical engineering problems all solved, nothing left to learn; Founder will solve core problems if any come up. Feels like there is no way to grow a technical career here. People aren't motivated. Too hard for new customers to understand the technology and our APIs. Benefits are mediocre, 401k match is up to 2k.

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5.0
30 Jul 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They want what's best for me. They give me the personal time I need/want. The company is full of very smart people. The product is amazing.

Cons

The 401k is ridiculously low.

2.0
2 Oct 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free lunches were ok, would have been nice to have them more often as location of office was not ideal. Snacks provided were nice when you wanted a quick bite. Beer bashes are a snooze as it's never more than 10-15 people standing around waiting for the clock to strike 5. Receptionist was always helpful, too bad other support staff weren't. They do have some good, smart people but have gotten "comfortable" there and new, fresh ideas are starting to dry out. Benefits were standard, unlimited PTO was nice.

Cons

Saw many changes mainly in management and Exec team. Each change brought a different way of doing business and values, which often contradicted what was done before and lost some good people as a result (mainly in Engineering). Exec team seems to be very inconsistent in their message they give to employees. No transparency whatsoever, we're adults we can take the good and the bad news. HR has no idea what is going on...that is if you ever saw them around, had good people before that left and the ones that remain are clueless and not visible at all. Office is too big but no one is around to make it feel welcoming, or if they are they are all heads down in their cubicle (accounting). Doesn't feel warm or inviting. No room for growth or different opportunity within company, very limited. Have to move on to get paid what you're really worth.

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MarkLogic Response
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We appreciate your comments—and will work to address some the concerns that have been shared.
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