AI Frontier Lab; High Intensity Culture; Rewards High Performance - Software Engineer HeyGen Employee Review

5.0
Oct 3, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- AI Frontier Lab on the cutting edge of AI Video. Very cool to be able to play with models before the public. - Cool projects that span across AI + Infra + Product - Rewards High performance with bonuses ($5K spot bonus) and upwards mobility (promotions in less than a year) - 4x in revenue since I joined (1 year ago)

Cons

- Expect to work a lot to keep up with the market. I work 60hrs a week minimum - Hard to work here if you are not passionate about AI Video. You have to keep up with people's AI Video passion. - A lot of secrecy around the underlying technology, very silo'ed information - 5 days in office

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5.0
Jul 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Fast paced, high ownership, meant for the ones who strive building the plane on the way down.

Cons

Not meant for you if you want work life balance.

2.0
Jul 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Don't even bother looking for pros here. Working here has been such a terrible experience! If you're thinking of working here, don't!

Cons

HeyGen might just be one of the worst companies you could ever work for! The company is run by incompetent leadership and toxic management. Every decision they make is short-sighted, and they both treat employees as nothing more tools to be used. The company lacks structure; communication is terrible, expectations are vague, roles aren't clearly defined, and accountability is often avoided. Employees' work-life balance is unsustainable; we're assigned brutal workloads, forced to work long hours, and expected to meet unreasonable; demands all the time. They pay is pretty awful, and there aren't any opportunities for employees to advance. Unless that sounds like a great experience to you, I would suggest staying away from HeyGen at all cost!

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