Cool products, no work life balance - Software Engineer II Axon Employee Review

2.0
Aug 14, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Work on exciting products that help improve public safety. - Axon is a very innovative company with great prospects for growth, as evident by the stock. - Axon employs very smart engineers. - Unlimited PTO

Cons

- Awful cross team collaboration. Given everyone is fighting for time, it can be very difficult when you need something from another team. - Often work 60+ hr weeks, with no end in sight. Even on days off, it’s hard to truly relax when you are always “behind” - In addition to demanding timelines, leadership is constantly introducing more red tape to get your work done - As an engineer, I’ll often spend far more time in meetings than writing code or designing features - You will inevitably miss deadlines due to lack of time, and leadership’s solution is to introduce more red tape and meetings to “correct” the behavior, when the underlying problem is actually too many meetings and red tape

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Axon Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We’re glad that you value the exciting and innovative work happening at Axon, as well as the caliber of talent on our teams. Protecting Life is an ambitious mission, and it takes the drive and passion of every teammate to make it possible. Thank you for your contributions to our team. We’re intentional about building a culture where people can do their best work without unnecessary barriers, and where they also have the flexibility to enjoy personal time through benefits like unlimited PTO, ETO, and regular social events. Our goal is to ensure that every teammate feels supported, empowered, and able to thrive here. If you’d like to share more about your experience, we encourage you to reach out to your manager directly, or to peopleops@axon.com. Feedback like this is important to us, and we'd genuinely like to hear more. Thank you again for your contributions and for helping us drive our mission forward.

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