Scale reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(420 total reviews)
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Alexandr Wang

66% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Scale has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 420 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Scale 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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420 reviews
1.0
Mar 9, 2023

Cool AI startup to work for among crypto folks

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some people know what they are doing and they are good to work with. Yet they depart when they reach the vesting cliff. If you are good at bsing about tech that you know little about, you will do very well in this company.

Cons

Ex scale ppl seem embarrassed to admit that they worked here. People who work in the ML space also seem to have a low opinion of this company. The company has been working on ML products for a while to move away from its reputation as a data labeler, but that hasn't happened yet. This company hasn't built any tech likely because the engineering org is run by a fired vp from another co whose survival strategy is either actively avoiding discussing anything technical or staff turnover. There's a lot of nonsense going on here.

1.0
Nov 2, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company is growing fast (though the growth is uneven and unpredictable) and working on some interesting products.

Cons

It is very clear that leadership does not value humans. People are treated as objects or obstacles. This comes from the top, so it creates incentive for people who share this belief system to stay and those who do not leave. And good people are leaving in droves, I've never seen such high turnover for a company that has this kind of potential. It's a shame.

1.0
Jul 10, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They are the picks & shovels of AI data which means that you can see what everyone else is actually doing with AI. Amazing marketing & connections in the industry.

Cons

Terrible turnover & work life balance. Management is not leadership. They are there to give you overwhelming orders and change your priorities. That is why one of their core values is "Run through walls". Their strategy is to chase every shiny object in AI and rebrand their data labeling capabilities around that. Advancement is not based on abilities and performance vs becoming part of the inner circle that are only in in for themselves. And now the Govt is a HUGE focus of their business so make sure that you are ok with that.

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