Boston Dynamics reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(113 total reviews)
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Robert Playter

81% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Boston Dynamics has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 113 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Boston Dynamics employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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113 reviews
2.0
May 20, 2013

Great Technology, Short-Sighted Management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

World-class engineering/robotics Open environment Employee-friendly Flexible hours

Cons

Limited opportunity for career growth Limited upper-level management experience Company is run by engineers that do not communicate their growth vision

1.0
Apr 16, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

When they were 90 people it was fantastic. Free lunch. Very smart people. Hard problems. Go for a few years but don’t expect to change anything. You won’t be able to. You *will* be pigeon holed.

Cons

Past their prime. Horrible at managing projects. Elevating all the old guard into management positions (with equity, which no one else has) was a disaster. Truly incompetent at managing software projects. Absolutely horrible product quality. Lots of secret discussions. Much politics. Many many bad decisions. An HR dept modeled after Attila the Hun. Most of the old guard are far more interesting in paying for their expensive cars and farms than in producing a quality product. Good people are pushed out, often frustrated beyond belief.

2.0
Mar 3, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Really smart people working there - Opportunities to learn new things is good - Decent amount of autonomy - Free Lunch - Culture is decent overall

Cons

- HR/People Operations literally do nothing, do not rely on them for anything - Poor management and top level leadership with poor planning and decision making, which leadership never takes responsibility for - They are not profitable and hemorrhaging cash, per the CEO's own words - Poor pay for the experience - Dwindling benefits that seem to be cut more and more each year - Incredibly disorganized and will constantly move you around - Will not recognize your achievements and look for any excuse to not give you a deserved bonus or raise - Little to no upward mobility, best way to get "promoted" is to leave and come back with more experience, but even then you will likely still be underpaid by at least $20k compared to competitors

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