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Working at Daktronics in Brookings, SD: 13 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Brookings, SD Area

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On average, employees in Brookings, SD at Daktronics give their company a 2.2 rating out of 5.0 based on 13, whereas overall Average Rating of Daktronics is 3.8 out of 5.0 based on 32 Daktronics Review Ratings. The happiest Daktronics employees in Brookings, SD are Summer Interns submitting an average rating of 5.0 and Production Associates with a rating of 4.8.

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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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Working at Daktronics in Brookings, SD: 13 Employee Reviews

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)
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
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
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Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3.9 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Software Engineer

"Very good people here, but pay is lacking and leadership is frustrating."

Mechanical Designer

"It was my great option during my master's degree to get technical experience"

What do you like about working at Daktronics?

"Got technical experience and experienced real industry scenario"

What don't you like about working at Daktronics?

"They don't have that much full time opportunity for international student"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"there should more full time opportunity for international student"

Field Service Engineer

"Very educational as well as communicative atmosphere"

What do you like about working at Daktronics?

"very informal structured information about the product on hand"

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

"Yes, be honest, and stay in the interested loop"

What don't you like about working at Daktronics?

"It was times when I had to do installs where there were dangerous animals lurking."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None at this point"

Corporate Training Manager

"Daktronics provides many growth opportunities for its employees and embraces university students as employees."

What do you like about working at Daktronics?

"Daktronics was growing quickly when I worked there. There were many opportunities and management encourage growth within the company. The products they made are very interesting as well. Many young people and young-minded people work there."

What don't you like about working at Daktronics?

"The pay scale is below average for similar positions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I suggest they continue doing business as they are."

Engineering Assistant

"It was a very different company when I worked there."

What do you like about working at Daktronics?

"Calm atmosphere."

What don't you like about working at Daktronics?

"Low pay, no chance for advancement"

C++ Engineer

"Daktronics is a great company but very sensitive to economic difficulties"

What do you like about working at Daktronics?

"Team, working environment, flexible schedule, training, people listen to you and consider your ideas"

What don't you like about working at Daktronics?

"The development cycle can be improved. Often changes in the design, which results in rework. Doesn't matter how hard you work, if their business doesn't go well, they will terminate you."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management was pretty good. They would always listen to your ideas and suggesting, but at the same time the development cycle would always go off schedule and they design meetings might leave you with some confusion. I would suggest them to work on improving the development cycle and working on defining clear requirements."

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