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4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(586 total reviews)
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Ali Ghodsi

91% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

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3.0
Aug 2, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Great leadership. Best CEO ever (perhaps one of the only CEOs in the tech world who understands AI at full depth). Tech stack choices have been great and product works in the market. There was autonomy and healthy teamwork culture. The teamwork part is still there, but a lot of the company works top down.

Cons

Everything was great until an year ago. Lately there are these mid level managers who have pestered the system. Now me and my team just do the work and get paid. These mid level managers can be replaced by parrots (no AI needed). They just repeat the leadership messages. Keep themselves unavailable with beauracratic way of delegation. Overall the innovation engine has died out. Also, internal productivity is declining due to rampant hiring.

4.0
Jul 30, 2023

Love It

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great company culture, great people.

Cons

Too many weekly company meetings

2.0
Jul 24, 2023

Good product, cult like culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great product that is going to heavily succeed for years to come. Get to work with some of the most intelligent people in the world and learn a lot. Depending on role, opportunity to work with a lot of high profile customers as well.

Cons

Leadership transparency is fake, a lot of reorganization taking place behind the scenes and false hope being spread. Said they would not do layoffs like other tech companies but definitely did do layoffs secretly without any warning. Offered terrible severance packages compared to other tech companies that did perform layoffs as well. Compares themselves to FAANG constantly but definitely not at the same professional level. Cult like culture where it is encouraged to bash other tech companies and competitors. They do it publicly all the time as well, check LinkedIn posts and comments.

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