Great tech, some downsides - Software Engineer Airtable Employee Review

4.0
Dec 28, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Great pay and perks. The unlimited PTO isn't a sham like at other companies which expect you to work even more. It's a really flexible work environment. As a software engineer, this has been by far the most talented team of engineers I've had the chance to work with. The technical challenges are interesting, and I learned a ton from watching some of the smartest developers I've seen tackle these problems. The codebase has its pros and cons, but in general there's a lot of really smart people being very deliberate about their development work.

Cons

The info shared by management in all-hands meetings is more like propaganda than an actual business outlook. This is a bit of an overstatement, but every all-hands meeting is just about trying to spin business metrics to make everything seem fine. And then, suddently: layoffs! Everything settles down, starts to seem fine again. And then... layoffs! It's gotten really hard to trust the vision and transparency of the leadership team as the economic environment has shifted. From a product team perspective, it feels like there's a bit too much process. Not overwhelmingly so, but the weeks we invest into OKR tracking, quarterly planning, etc. don't seem to justify the marginal benefits. Also: there's an underinvestment in product management. Existing PMs are overstaffed, and eng teams are often tasked with prioritizing product decisions that we are not really qualified to make

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5.0
Feb 4, 2026
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Pros

Office culture is amazing - dedicated "culture ambassadors" (a recruiter and engineer) plan events in the NYC office , and they're doing an amazing job, not to mention daily interactions and lunches with a strong in-office presence. Coworkers on my team are incredibly smart, kind, and thoughtful. In my experience, there is a total absence of known smart but "difficult" people, which is unheard of. Really interesting, technically deep projects, since we are fundamentally a data company. Perks and benefits are great. One of the rare tech companies that still seems to have all the right values regarding DEI, work life balance, and keeping its employees happy.

Cons

Not sure what the outlook is on the future of AI - we're certainly at a major inflection point with a new CTO and a lot of AI initiatives, and it remains to be seen how it goes. Quality of managers seems to be mixed. High management turnover, but that's the industry right now.

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4.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

- great flexible product, heavily dogfooded - generally nice and smart coworkers - all my EMs have been great - comp and benefits are good

Cons

- codebase is pretty heavyweight, a large monorepo - distributed and remote-friendly company means you don't get much face time with many of your coworkers - recent wave of departures and re-orgs has been a bit chaotic

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