Interesting but somewhat demanding - Software Engineer Verkada Employee Review

4.0
Mar 14, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* I got multiple opportunities to work on interesting projects and got a good management * Flexibility to choose what to work on even outside of direct team scope * Pay is decent as for a medium-size company * Benefits are okay * Strong engineers working here * Can work 40 hour weeks

Cons

* Recognition may be a bit delayed (tho typically still there) * Eng levels capped at L7 (aka senior staff or principal), and it’s also very hard to get promoted there * Open discourse is somewhat limited (tho not as bad as it could be)

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1.0
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Pros

Some of the people are kind, intelligent, and very thoughtful, which made the rest manageable when it unbearable Fancy perks: food, coffee bar

Cons

This is the worst company I have ever worked for. Inexperienced leadership and middle management creates an air of stress, anxiety, and frustration across all areas of the workplace. People often snap at each other, burn out, and successes are rarely recognized or celebrated. There is no sense of team unity. I even witnessed a monkey being brought into the office to be posed for photos during an end of quarter celebration. There is little flexibility for people not being in-office due to family/outside issues. There are too many meetings with no clear organization or purpose, and messages/emails are often sent late into the night, on holidays, and on weekends. I wish someone had warned me not to work here before I started, it was some of the worst days of my life.

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