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4.6

94% would recommend to a friend

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Jensen Huang

99% approve of CEO

95% positive business outlook

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1.0
May 17, 2016

Not so great (software engineer)

Anonymous employee
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Pros

This is update on my previous review. Main thing in "pros" column is decent pay.. Mostly everything else goes to "cons".

Cons

I am not sure what Nvidia's "engaged" status means, but employees are instructed by the upper management to leave positive feedback here (hence all the positive one-liners). Nvidia has a "yes sir" culture. If you don't believe it - look up Jensen's old lecture on Youtube when he says that the best quality of an employee is ability to accept criticism. Management whims run the show, technical expertise always comes second. Horrible team dynamics within engineering organization. Management hires their friends, people get fired in retaliation for talking back. Middle management invents work for everyone so they can look useful. Many of my coworkers are openly saying that they are here only for the paycheck. Seems like there was a honest effort to invest in tools and services for employees at some point, but now mostly everything is broken. Any request to HR or IT takes weeks if not months (but most of the time you won't hear back unless you are able to escalate). Avoid Nvidia unless you like to feel miserable.

5.0
Apr 30, 2016
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Pros

Cutting edge technology. There are many smart people around me and a lot of learning opportunities. The benefit is getting better every year.

Cons

Work life balance is a problem some times, but not more than typical Silicon Valley companies. There is no cash bonus. RSU are available only for higher rank positions.

3.0
Apr 16, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Some very smart people, Cutting edge technology across different categories, I like all the people on my team including my manager, Some work can be quite interesting, Great new HQ building is being built for late 2017, CEO can be very inspiring, Stock is way up in the last couple years

Cons

Work-life balance isn't great and is very bad for some people, Can be very political, Hard to promote to new levels, Communication between teams can be better, Management gets shuffled around even if they're underperforming/adding nothing instead of demoting or being let go, Only $2500 401k match, Pay is below market average from what I've heard, No RSUs for level 3 and below, Cafe food quality is usually bad

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