not for everyone, evaluate carefully - Strategic Projects Lead Scale Employee Review

2.0
Aug 16, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

smart, insanely hardworking peers. lots of responsibility, can move fast internally if you prove yourself (at high cost: see cons). great time to join with recent raise, new SFHQ office, decent perks.

Cons

can be 80-100 hr workweeks, wake-to-sleep laptop time; awful wlb during ramp, often more a "life" than a "job." many ppl i met in ops were unhappy, super burnt out, or gritting teeth till projects stabilized. can be wildly manual ops work; internal tooling a mess + projects often on fire --> working at the lowest level (e.g. checking labeling tasks one by one). often need to make hard tradeoffs with other parts of life (e.g. physical/mental health, romantic relationships, hobbies). that being said, works super well for some ppl. make sure you're radically honest with yourself about what you can handle, what you actually want your life to look relative to work, and what you're [not] willing to sacrifice before joining

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5.0
Jul 21, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Stellar people. Everyone is kind, brilliant, and clearly the top of their industries. It feels like you're actually on the ground floor of building something great.

Cons

None that I can see so far.

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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