Not a real AI company!!! - Senior Software Engineer Scale Employee Review

1.0
Jul 10, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

They are the picks & shovels of AI data which means that you can see what everyone else is actually doing with AI. Amazing marketing & connections in the industry.

Cons

Terrible turnover & work life balance. Management is not leadership. They are there to give you overwhelming orders and change your priorities. That is why one of their core values is "Run through walls". Their strategy is to chase every shiny object in AI and rebrand their data labeling capabilities around that. Advancement is not based on abilities and performance vs becoming part of the inner circle that are only in in for themselves. And now the Govt is a HUGE focus of their business so make sure that you are ok with that.

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5.0
Jul 13, 2026
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Pros

- Lot of flexibility as you get a say in how much core platform vs. customer-specific work you want to take up - Exciting growth avenues being pursued by organization in both enterprise and public sectors - Heavy emphasis on internal tooling being built that augments developer experience and pace of client delivery

Cons

- Sometimes, the team moves at a rapid pace at expense of sustainability/maintainability for short-term wins. - Lots of internal tooling being built are prematurely deployed for developers, and a lot of time goes into back-and-forth for gains that will only be visible in a large lookahead.

4.0
Jul 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- work with top tier clients across AI research - fast paced projects with insane amount of autonomy from day 1 - really solid pay for non-technical role - in-office/remote flexibility - nice office - accessible leadership - ability to pivot to new stuff if you do well - strong network with alumni all over AI - friendly folks - tech atmosphere with high degree of flexibility

Cons

- long hours but you start late and can wfh - weekends - not very structured and constantly changinf

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