Ignore the HR mandated 5 star reviews - Software Engineer Axon Employee Review

2.0
Oct 23, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The product is mission driven and does have real purpose. You work on stuff that can help people.

Cons

A couple of things: - Going forward, all new hires must come into the office 4 days a week but anyone who was hired before a certain date gets to stay remote. So you go into the office for no reason? - There is a curve here, and there is a stack ranking and firing that goes on. A certain percentage of people must be fired or "managed out" and if you don't think it will happen to you then you just haven't been around long enough. - Cross collaboration between pillars (think divisions) is non-existent. It's pulling teeth.

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Axon Response
7mo
Thank you for your feedback. We’re glad to hear that you value our mission and connect deeply to the impact of your work. Thank you for sharing your concerns about our in-office guidance. We truly believe that collaborating in person drives our best innovation and outcomes. To that end, we’re focusing hiring near our hubs and encouraging more in-office connection across our global teams. At the same time, we recognize we have incredible talent across the globe, and will continue to support hybrid or remote work when possible. Axon is a high-performance culture, and we are united by our drive to solve some of society’s toughest challenges. Our performance philosophy is built on growth, development, and transparency. We do not have a mandated number of terminations each year. We encourage you to visit the People Ops OneAxon page to learn more, or reach out to peopleops@axon.com if you’d like to talk through it with our leadership team. We value cross collaboration at Axon, and believe it leads to stronger, more diverse perspectives and solutions. As a growing company, we know that collaboration across teams can sometimes take extra coordination, and we’d love to hear more about your experience so we can continue improving. Please feel free to reach out to People Ops or your leadership team directly if you’re willing to share more. Thank you for being part of our team. We appreciate your work and your commitment to our mission.

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