Path Robotics reviews

There aren't that many cons, honestly... (And ignore the AWFUL grammar you're about to see, as I try to quickly scratch out all the hurried and random thoughts or memories rushing through my frenzied brain) There was a less focused plan on certain types of hardware and their acquisition. Leading to increased cost and a lack of long term viability. For example: the computers needed for certain tasks were initially made with certain parts that were top of the line expensive, but not top of the line performing for the necessary task... And out of production (so no supply)... Which ended in astronomical prices for underperforming, over consuming parts. Trying to remedy this was a nightmare for reasons that will become apparent later. There are, as in every group of people trying to do a job, a few people who do very little, do less correctly/well, add anything of value, but DO talk very loudly, are professionals at self-aggrandizing, and are insistent and outwardly confident. You know... THOSE people. Ride on coat tails till it's time to take credit... But will bend over backwards to pin blame on literally ANYONE they can... In some cases by actually sabotaging the work of others after hours in an attempt to dodge any heat. It could be awful. The one person in particular I just described (that every person in the devices team for SURE knows who is being talked about :p) was balanced out a bit by the others in the department being totally awesome to work along side.... But let's be real, this is a con for EVERY job ever. There is always at LEAST one. But there were a few in the company, and the small size of the company and general good nature of most everyone else really makes those bad apples rot really in the open. A general lack of coherence in the short term goals of the day to day operations... When I was there at least, it seemed like everyone was trying to scramble to find a way to save every penny they could. Sometimes by cutting team members (rip). Sometimes by changing a bunch of applications used in the daily operation of departments to apps that are honestly robust, but largely unnecessary... And come packaged in with really expensive, low quality touch screen displays with 3 gen old tech... But at least the displays had a really mediocre "industrial for babies" design that looked like they wanted to ape apple, but had executive who decided what price point to set the displays design the unit. (From the outside,I imagine they looked cool and like they were really helping keep everything organized and "ooh look! TOUCHSCREENS! This company sure is bleeding edge!" And intended primarily as props to wow investors, secondarily to try to micro manage and track employee productivity, and tertiary intended to aid employees in task management) There was a growing tide and rising obsession with tracking productivity building wide, which ironically ended up actually reducing productivity, when every 30 seconds an employee would need to stop doing what they were doing and update the laggy spreadsheet to let the people who wear the big boy pants and make the big boy decisions know you're doing your job! ...ironically, this had the least effect on the department the previously "mentioned" leech (Whom i passive aggressively described with just enough detail to know WITHOUT A DOUBT who I'm referring to), so he got to continue to do very little, and even less right. While the people who are literally bolting metal walls into concrete floors and, you know, DEPLOYING THE ROBOTS THAT MAKE THE COMPANY MONEY had to constantly feel like they had to prove to their bosses that they were did enough work to keep around... The biggest con imo was just how the finances were handled. There was so much trying to make important LOOKING decisions to essentially smoke and mirror the daily operations into LOOKING like sweeping mega changes were happening for potential investors (and... You know... To make it seem like certain higher level executives are employed for any reason at all outside of dramatically increasing overhead with their salaries to help out come tax time)... Which of course seemed to really not go the distance in the end. A lot of the decisions that were made to make the company LOOK more appealing, and "like one of the REAL companies you've seen!" don't tend to have the intended effect... So yeah, TL;DR? -some lack of planning in the realm of operations in short and long term -over abundance of decision level people getting their ego mixed in with decision making and refusing to listen to sense from actual experts in every department -a few really god awful leeches -some really silly choices regarding productivity tracking (one of the classic blunders) -some mishandling of clients resulting in lost trust AND -a general mishandling of funds in the realm of purchasing certain (major) components -a growing sense of values slipping away into lip service when put into practice -the awful feeling you get when you realize the passion and positivity the rank and file folks really have could lead to them being the last smiling rat left behind on what might be a rapidly sinking ship So, at the end of my tenure, when the future was very obviously in question, everyone in the company was brought together for a presentation filled with non answers and buzzwords and misdirection. This had the opposite effect on every single person I talked to afterwards. Everyone thought the presentation was the sound of the first nail being hammered into the coffin. IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN, but that's how it seemed to FEEL to everyone. That is the microcosm of cons, really. Good intentioned ideas, that end up being dressed up with glitz just in case someone from outside looks in; that due to the glitz usually just made everyone get real negative impressions. This is a lot of "on the ground" nitpicking, and a lot of using feelings and anecdotal reactions to events as talking points that could seem like actual information, but honestly it's a company that was in some growing pains and trying to find its feet. I do really like the company, and honestly believe in it. I mean, I was on the ground level seeing the insides of the machines... I KNOW the tech works... It's all in perception, though... And the company got thrown for a bunch of unnecessary loops that might have soured some investor or client perceptions...

Cut throat sales culture. Hyper short-term focused. No incentive to truly work as a team. You are only as valuable as what you sold this month. If you have 1 or 2 down months, you're on the chopping block. No transparency into the company's financials (ie burn rate).