Instrument reviews

Lack of community and team building

Instrument has an incredibly clique-y culture where if you're in the in-group, you'll grow your career and get to work on cool stuff, and if you're not in the in-group, you're doing all the work that the in-group doesn't want to do and nobody cares about your "career growth". A lot of the people in the clique are related/in a relationship/long time close friends. The in-group also is all white- BIPOC employees are in the out group. Yes, leadership talks a lot about diversity, equity, and inclusion, and often quotes the most watered-down quotes of civil rights leaders. However, they certainly have neither listened nor learned as they said they would in 2020, as I've watched so many talented co-workers get denied promotions, repeatedly put on work that didn't support their career goals, and had their (legitimate!) concerns disregarded, while their white counterparts got promotion after promotion, put on all the cool projects, and had their feelings heard. My personal experience has led to some heavy imposter syndrome and a self-esteem decrease, as I kept trying to work harder, trying to communicate my career goals, and trying to chase the next promotion, and was shut down again and again. If you choose to work here, just know that when it comes to layoffs they're not going to keep you over someone's cousin and when it comes to promotions they're not going to promote you instead of so-and-so's in-law.