I really really want to like Samsara, but it's getting harder - Anonymous employee Samsara Employee Review

1.0
Oct 26, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Awesome, talented coworkers - honestly some of the smartest and brightest people I've worked with Cool products - I have no doubt that this company will be successful if we can retain our key talents Used to have good perks - lunch, dinner (cancelled), snacks, cool events

Cons

Benefits constantly getting cut/reduced - growth fund (which would have been great during COVID!), commuter benefits, swag, meal budget Took forever to switch to WFH, did not provide any initial support with equipments - they did not give out chairs or monitors for months, by then most have paid out of pocket Very obvious nepotism - many folks who were from Meraki, MIT etc.. other power groups were not impacted in the layoffs Cash raise freeze - employees also need a little extra money too, you know? I personally am approaching close to 2 years with 0 cash raise Heavy culture of bootlicking - some posts on public slack channels are pretty cringey Pressure to not take PTO - either from micromanaging managers who don't trust you, or "urgent" works that never seems to end Unrealistic expectations from management - despite the fact that many teams were hit pretty hard from the layoffs, management still has high output expectation pressuring employee with "high performance culture"

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Samsara Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review and share more about your experience at Samsara! I am happy to hear you have enjoyed working with your colleagues so much. I wanted to address some of your feedback below. Benefits : We are constantly looking for ways to improve our employee benefits. We provided two $250 work from home stipends to recognize expenses employees incurred through the pandemic. We will also be rolling out some new benefits in the coming months, including Spring Health to support mental wellbeing. Cash compensation: We announced equity-only raises earlier in the year when COVID-19 created an unstable economic environment and uncertainty about the future. We have heard this feedback and have completed our first cash market adjustment in November that impacted employees who were promoted through our equity-only comp cycle. In addition, everyone will be eligible for cash raises in FY22. High performance culture : We are proud of the growth of Samsara and we appreciate you being a part of making the company successful. While we know that the company is working hard, we’re constantly evaluating our roadmaps to make better trade-offs on timeline and resourcing.

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