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On average, employees at Daktronics give their company a 3.8 rating out of 5.0 - which is 3% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. The happiest Daktronics employees are Field Service Engineers submitting an average rating of 3.9.

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3.8
Average Rating
(based on 19 Daktronics Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.9
Growth Opportunities
2.9
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
4.1
Rewards You Receive
3.3
Support You Get
4.1
Way You Work
3.9
Work Setting
3.8
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Production Associate

"The work atmosphere in Daktronics is smooth and aligned in a good manner which provides good productivity and work flow."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Summer Intern

"Daktronics provides a very friendly environment with employees. feasibility of work and schedule."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.8
Daktronics (32)

4.7 Highest Rated in this Industry is Sigma Designs (5)
2.2 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Polara Engineering (6)
3.9 Average of All Companies in this Industry (20,231)
Daktronics Employee

"I have worked for Daktronics for almost 6 years now. I started working in manufacturing while a student at South Dakota State University. I worked my way through the company trying different positions during my tenure as a student. I accepted my first full time position at the company after graduation in 2017."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Field Engineer

"It's a great company. The employees really have the customers at heart when setting up sales and service. My only negative is that there is limited opportunity for growth within the company."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Daktronics Employee

"good start-up but not for everyone"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Mechanical Designer

"I learned a lot during my time as a Mechanical Design Student at Daktronics. I gained experience using PTC Creo Parametric 4.0 and AutoCAD. I had the opportunity to work on large scale projects worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. It made me feel that my work mattered and gave me confidence in designing."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Daktronics Employee

"Great product lines that will make you proud of what you produce. Employees and managers that care about you and your career progression."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Daktronics Employee

"This a good company. Many opportunities to grow in areas around the world."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Application Engineer

What do you like about working at Daktronics?

"Interaction with customers, new challenges daily, learning about technological advances"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest about your technical skills, Daktronics does offer training on their products."

What don't you like about working at Daktronics?

"There is no work-life balance. Employees are expected to give 100% to work 100% of the time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Encourage work-life balance and give and take. If an employee works a holiday or weekend, allow flexibility when they need a few hours off."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Machine Technician

"Good place to learn the fundmentals of manufacturing and production work."

What do you like about working at Daktronics?

"Very interesting final product that is produced by the company."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Dress nicely and express interest in the products that are being produced."

What don't you like about working at Daktronics?

"The willingness to evaluate and compromise with current wages and benefits."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the good work and remain open minded to continue company growth."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Manufacturing Project Manager

"Worked in Manufacturing Systems team to provide solutions to business problems."

What do you like about working at Daktronics?

"Great company involved with interesting technology platforms and tool related to projects and manufacturing problems."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Try to gain an understanding of the history and of the tools used by this Daktronics, prior to applying."

What don't you like about working at Daktronics?

"I worked in a siloed group that lacked on-boarding training and was not strong with communication ability."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Assess and verify that new managers have the training to work with new staff and take time to answer questions as people are coming on-board."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Field Service Engineer

"It was a good job. I enjoyed it."

What do you like about working at Daktronics?

"I liked the challenge of learning about all the products they have. I also like completing difficult jobs because I find them interesting."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You should know you networking and have the ability to look at the big picture of a problem and slowly break that down."

What don't you like about working at Daktronics?

"I did not like all the traveling. I had to drive from site to site and that took up a large portion of your day."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have no real suggestions. It was an overall good experience."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Excel Debugger

"Daktonics products are proprietary, very high end electonics and difficult."

What do you like about working at Daktronics?

"Good managers, good salary, helpful co-workers, clean environment and convenient location"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Their interviews were very relaxed and informal. They do not ask the standard interview questions, but are specific to the work invironment"

What don't you like about working at Daktronics?

"Inventory and customer service issues exist to the point of causing problems with customer satisfaction"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Introduce better information management systems, better and more accurate access to data bases"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Engineering Intern
Person You Work For 4.8 / 5 People You Work With 4.8 / 5 Work Setting 4.1 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.1 / 5
Company Culture 3.1 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Field Service Technician
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3.1 / 5
Support You Get 2.6 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.6 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 2.6 / 5

Daktronics Reviews FAQs

Is Daktronics a good company to work for?

Daktronics has an overall rating of 3.8 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 19 Daktronics Review Ratings left anonymously by Daktronics employees, which is 3% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 100% of employees would recommend working at Daktronics.

Does Daktronics pay their employees well?

Daktronics employees earn $34,500 annually on average, or $17 per hour, which is 48% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 8 Daktronics employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Daktronics Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Daktronics?

100% of employees would recommend working at Daktronics with the overall rating of 3.8 out of 5. Employees also rated Daktronics 3.9 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.3 for Rewards You Receive, 2.9 for Growth Opportunities and 4.1 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Daktronics?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Daktronics is a Regional Project Manager at $75,000 annually. Browse Daktronics Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Daktronics?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Daktronics is a Graphic Designer at $16,000 annually. Browse Daktronics Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Daktronics?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Daktronics to be Company Culture, People You Work With, Person You Work For and Rewards You Receive, and cons to be Growth Opportunities.

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