The Worst of the Worst - Product Dexcom Employee Review

1.0
Dec 18, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working at Dexcom gave me an incredible amount of respect and appreciation for my new employer. If anything, working at Dexcom gave an experience I can look back on at any time and say "at least things aren't as bad as they were at Dexcom".

Cons

You will maybe only meet 1 or 2 people actually qualified for their jobs. You will be expected to perform functions way beyond the scope of your job because your direct manager won't have the experience to understand what your job should entail. There are no clear roles and responsibilities. The job description you signed? That means nothing. Everyone is allowed to have an opinion on the product but no one will take responsibility for the outcome of the product. You will be expected to be your own PM, PO, Researcher, Product Designer, and more. Roadmap? What roadmap? Your manager will not mentor you and will not have the ability to help you through any roadblocks in the way. You are on your own. You will (maybe) get one promotion and for years after this be told that you're ungrateful for feeling like you ever deserve more recognition. You will be gaslighted into thinking that all of the product problems are yours to solve and if you only had better skills things wouldn't be such a mess. You will forget that you are a competent, talented individual and your self worth will be demolished.

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5.0
Jan 31, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Career opportunities to advance. Leadership provided consistent learning opportunities with time managed while on shift. Co workers face the same challenges in shift tasks, team work is maintained on the manufacturing floor. Nice friendly and of various skill ranges coworkers were a major part of safety and task completion.

Cons

This place was incredible to have an opportunity to work at, very large manufacturing location, being disabled walking around complex was a challenge.

3.0
Jan 13, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good people, despite the bad politics. People are generally smart and well meaning - Relaxed work environment depending on team. Most teams have pretty good WLB and don't require 50+ hour weeks unless you are trying to get in front of leadership

Cons

- Low pay compared to comps across US unless you're senior ++ but such is life in the SD job market - Not tech forward -- lots of inefficient processes and frustrating tech stacks that do not scale - Very political environment -- senior leadership cuts corners to appease shareholders and this creates a culture where people cannot actually stand behind their work so they resort to playing politics to keep their job - Limited opportunities for advancement. Growth has been slow the past couple of years, budgets tighter, and overall way less room for advancement. This is a company for someone mid career or later, not early career

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