Toxic Culture, run away from this company! - Physicist IonQ Employee Review

1.0
Mar 14, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are some nice lower level people here

Cons

It turns out that everyone is paid differently, and their stock options are different. My colleagues have salaries up to 50% more than mine and much more stock, there is no structure to pay and you are probably being ripped off. Of course, when you point this out to management, they won't fix it. They don't want your ideas, they only want you to do what they tell you to do. They don't care about customers, they care about management who has an uninformed view of quantum computing customers. They will delay purchasing key system components in order to get a bigger discount, and hold a project back from progressing to save incrementally small amounts of money. There is no bias for action, the CEO likes to "think about things" which means that nothing will get done.

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5.0
Jan 31, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
May 7, 2026
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Pros

Interesting misson and some talented individuals to work alongside.

Cons

IonQ aquired the company I used to work for. The company culture and employee experience changed significantly and, in my experience, not for the better. I was terminated during a restructuring while on protected maternity leave. There was no prior indication that my role was at risk and no meaningful communication leading up to it. The termination was delivered via video call, followed by two weeks of severance. This occurred during an already extremely difficult personal time, and there was no acknowledgment of that context in how the situation was handled.

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