High Pressure, High Stakes, Requires 100% Self-Start Mentallity - Manufacturing Leader Joby Aviation Employee Review

5.0
Jan 15, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

--Extremely rewarding project --Ability to grow, mature, and advance in career is unparalleled. --Hyper-focus on safety. --Discipline leaders are highly skilled --Company is not afraid to part ways with under-performing individuals to make way for high-performing teammates.

Cons

--If an employee requires regular adjustment to work plan or hyper-frequent managerial contact, success can be difficult for that employee. --The flat-style organization, while maturing rapidly, can create a sense of a loose coalition of small teams. --Salary on the low side, but fair. --Work force needs diversification, which is happening, to happen faster. Compensation&Benefits: I removed one star for slightly-below-average salary but left four stars due to STELLAR benefits package. Work/Life Balance: I removed two stars due to the effort required to maintain good balance with such an engaged team and rewarding project. If you are not careful, life will become work. Senior Management: I removed one star for a lack of sufficient mid-level planning. Year-to-year planning is wonderful and daily planning is very efficient, but month-to-month level planning needs work. Culture&Values: I removed one star for the lack of fully diverse team. Culture is fantastic, but slightly tainted by homogeneity of work force.

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5.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Pros

Amazingly talented team. Good leadership led by a true engineer CEO. Base salaries are not the highest in this space, but equity packages and associated liquidity make up for it. Decent benefits overall. Free meals are delicious and healthy.

Cons

Some growing pains evident as they transform from a small startup building prototypes to a large aerospace company building certified products at scale. Some dysfunction in the organization; some teams are not well-managed and/or understaffed. Occasional tension between cadres from different backgrounds, e.g. silicon valley, electric vehicles, and legacy aerospace. Leadership priorities sometimes shift unexpectedly, leading to churn and overly-aggressive schedules. Work-life balance can be a challenge at times.

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5.0
May 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Fun place to be as an engineer. The company philosophy is to be highly vertically integrated across the full stack of technologies necessary to build and operate electric aircraft. This results in an environment where you are surrounded by the tools and technical expertise to build pretty much anything. The company mission is motivating. There is a steady stream of highly interesting projects to work on. The company culture is very open and friendly. 3 free meals per day, with most people eating together at communal tables.

Cons

Management frequently sets highly unrealistic schedules and goals, to the point that no front-line worker has any faith in the timelines. No one is motivated to reach and achieve a deadline that is impossible with the resources given. Space is at a premium in San Carlos. Everyone is crammed into the building like sardines. Few windows.

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