>4 yrs in and still excited and learning - Senior Director Design Tempus AI Employee Review

5.0
Jun 10, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Tempus is a unique place and idea. There is a real, shared sense of purpose and it manifests itself in the hardest-working and most inordinately imaginative people I've ever known. I work on the Technology team, which includes Engineering, IT, Product Management, and Design. My bias is inherent, but I think this department is leading the rest of the company on people, culture, and learning/development. We're growing so rapidly that there is incredible opportunity for career growth. I often joke that "Tempus years" are the equivalent to 3-5 yrs elsewhere. I started as an individual contributor and now I lead a team of 22. I wish I could get my grad school years (and tuition) back because I learn more in 6 months at Tempus than I did in my entire master's program.

Cons

Tempus moves really fast. For real, at least 5x what you are used to anywhere else. You have to be up for that to be successful here. You're going to be pushed beyond your comfort zone of learning and adapting to change. If that's not the challenge you're looking for, look somewhere else.

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Tempus AI Response
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With 'Learning' being one of our Tempus values, we’re thrilled to hear how much you’ve been able to learn and grow during your time here. It certainly is a unique environment where you have the ability to be both an expert and a student. We work hard to ensure that every individual has the resources they need to build upon skills that matter most to them, and are glad that this rings true to your experience. Our Technology team is full of brilliant, hard-working individuals, and we’re grateful to have you as a member of the team—thank you for sharing your perspective.

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* The short seller report said the executives have a "history of promoting disruptive technology companies, cashing out early, and leaving public shareholders with losses or lackluster returns". Taking this into account as well as other factors, I was able to cash out RSUs at much higher share prices than the stock is currently trading at.

Cons

* The other reviews that mention bullying and verbal or psychological abuse are along the lines of what I saw. In addition, it seems to be a feature and not a bug. In other words, the people in charge seem to believe that people work better when being abused. Instead of using regular means of incentives or motivation like pay or enjoyable work environment, fear of abuse or losing one's job is the main tool of getting others to do work. If you're not at least enabling bullying and abuse, you'll always be on the outside and never trusted. * This company changed its name from Tempus Labs to Tempus AI in what seems to be a big grift. The stock jumped for a bit because Nancy Pelosi bought the stock (yay corruption). The engineering is a joke and often engineers have their performance judged by non technical managers who joined some lab company called Tempus Labs years ago. In all fairness, the people often in charge of engineering decisions didn't join a tech company so they're setup to fail.

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