Symbotic reviews

3.2

55% would recommend to a friend

(396 total reviews)
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Rick Cohen

59% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Symbotic has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 396 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Symbotic 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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396 reviews
1.0
Oct 19, 2016

Toxic Culture

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Pros

Good pay, great co-workers at the individual contributor level.

Cons

Negative culture, lots of blaming vs. constructive collaboration. High turnover rate. Lots of shotgunning and knee jerk reactions to issues, vs. carefully planning things out. Mediocre benefit package with no 401k match.

1.0
Jun 15, 2025

Not a good place to be...

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Pros

Nothing can be actually gained here. If you love meaningless reporting and business process, a very excellent job but that has nothing to do with automation and robotics. Inputs and outputs are not automation, that is the basics of operations management.

Cons

-Poor people management and managers -Almost to none inventory on basic parts used in manufacturing, automation, & robotics; or and most likely, very bad at basic inventory management -Customer sites ops & management hate your guts, as your presence undermines them -poor use of technology for automated system (there does not need a motor/vfd at every length of conveyor: a literal maintenance nightmare) -poorly implemented code and choice of PLCs (the cult of Rockwell) - poorly thought out structures and with no safe or feasible way to fix them (most people are not monkeys, most people use lifts or ladders, which would be safer) -as/rs system that does not work (if lifts need to be calibrated every day, if not every hour, something is wrong, that is creating unnecessary busy work) -charging system uses outdated and/or poorly rated equipment (a simple Google or industry search would inform...) (Osha and most state department of labor would have a field day writing up violations) -no clue to what NEC if not OSHA dictate -do not use proper locks for loto (metal locks with electricity...hmm) -no one wears safety glasses, boots, gloves, nor proper clothing (shorts and t-shirts as well as polos do not belong in factories) -definitely ageist (customer was also racist if not misogynist in some cases) -intimidated easily (or at least my management were) -label printers (but industrial printers never work anywhere, ever)

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