Does Focal Systems pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Focal Systems employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Focal Systems. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Focal Systems?

66% of Focal Systems employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Focal Systems 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Focal Systems?

Engineer (4) , Operations Manager (4) , Software Engineer (4) , Field Service Technician (3) , Deep Learning Engineer (2) , Field Technician (2) , Machine Learning Engineer (2) , Manager (2) , Sales (2)

What are the pros of working at Focal Systems according to real employee reviews?

"The team is great." ((in 9 reviews)); "Most people are nice and helpful." ((in 9 reviews)); "Amazing Manager" ((in 4 reviews)); "Good pay" ((in 3 reviews)); "Good salary + future growth (If you can last the constant humiliation)" ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Focal Systems according to real employee reviews?

"Toxic culture and environment." ((in 6 reviews)); "1. CEO is arrogant and mean." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Focal Systems locations?

Burlingame , San Francisco , Cincinnati , Jersey City , Newark , Los Angeles

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Focal Systems reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(64 total reviews)

Kevin Johnson

100% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.2

Senior management

3.1

Culture & values

Focal Systems has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 64 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Focal Systems employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

64 reviews

1.0

Mar 7, 2022

Great Idea, Bad Leadership

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The idea of the product is great, and there is a strong reason to believe in the potential.

Cons

CEO is highly inexperienced, and he is the direct result of the incredibly toxic culture.

1.0

Feb 25, 2022

Interesting Product, Terrible Leadership

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Dedicated team - Lots of very smart people

Cons

- Terrible leadership, specifically the founder. Founder micro manages everyone, has unrealistic expectations, and wants to hear nothing but good news. - Terrible PTO policy - Longgg work hours no matter what they tell you in the interview - Lack of focus. They have a dozen major projects going on at any one point and it causes none of them to ever gain traction. - They tell you there is a process for everything and will hold you to it, until there is a process that works for you and not them.

5.0

Jan 31, 2022

Awesome! Cutting edge of AI and Retail

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I am posting here because I really enjoy working at Focal Systems. They are work from home which allows flexibility. They have Friday in the office which is nice to if you want to meet people face to face and chat. The work is challenging and interesting. You feel like you are working on the cutting edge of AI applied to retail. No one is really doing this. There are copy cats of Amazon Go which automates the cashier, but who is automating the rest of retail like inventory management and planograms. Focal is the only one I know that is doing this with modern AI. Its very cool and interesting.

Cons

After COVID, a lot of the engineers went full remote which isnt the biggest deal but would be nice to have everyone in the same place. I like to be in the office with my team which isnt for everyone so I would like to get everyone back in the bay.

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