Is Waymo a good company to work for as a Software Engineer?

Software Engineer professionals working at Waymo have rated their employer with 4.2 out of 5 stars in 52 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Waymo employees being 4.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineer Jobs at Waymo now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineer interview questions at Waymo .

Does Waymo pay Software Engineer employees well?

Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Waymo with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 52 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.5% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineer salaries at Waymo.

How happy are Software Engineer professionals working at Waymo?

72% of Software Engineer employees at Waymo would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 38% in the past 12 months. Software Engineer professionals have also rated Waymo with a 3.6 rating for work-life-balance, 4.2 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.3 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating for career opportunities.

What Waymo locations are top rated by Software Engineer employees?

Mountain View is the top rated Waymo location by Software Engineer employees.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Waymo?

Software Engineer (54) , Senior Software Engineer (23) , Software Quality Operations Associate (19) , Program Manager (9) , Vehicle Operator (9) , Autonomous Vehicle Operator (8) , Fleet Response Specialist (7) , Hardware Engineer (7) , Systems Engineer (6) , Technical Program Manager (6) , Data Scientist (5) , Driver (5) , Engineer (5) , Operations (4) , Software Engineer (Swe II) (4)

What are the pros of working at Waymo according to real employee reviews?

"The people were great and very knowledgeable." ((in 44 reviews)); "The project is interesting and the benefits were very good." ((in 29 reviews)); "The pay is good." ((in 26 reviews)); "2. Talented coworkers and good opportunities to learn new technology." ((in 15 reviews)); "Great teams and people are very friendly" ((in 15 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Waymo according to real employee reviews?

"Bad work life balance." ((in 12 reviews)); "And Waymo takes their time to hire another manager so current one has to do double work." ((in 9 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 6 reviews)); "Disorganized leadership and ambiguous instructions." ((in 6 reviews)); "awful communication, terrible feedback, not considerate of contractors (which comprise more than 80% of the workforce on some teams)" ((in 5 reviews))

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4.2

72% would recommend to a friend

(52 total reviews)

Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov

84% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

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Software Engineer employees have rated Waymo with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 52 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Waymo is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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52 reviews

3.0

Jun 12, 2024

Coold product, nothing else

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Product is cool. Subset of google perks.

Cons

1. Low TC, plus stock is not tradable, making your cash income even lower. 2. Share price drops, fund raising not going well. Future is not clear. 3. Career growth can be limited in production team since self-driving has many unique challenges that are difficult to solve but doesn't give you transferable knowledge to other problem domain.

3.0

Apr 28, 2024

Not bad

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Moves fast, high impact work

Cons

Low morale. Lots of work.

3.0

Apr 28, 2024

way less pay and way more work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

interesting work and the colleges are technically strong

Cons

overwork is quite common among colleges

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Coold product, nothing else

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way less pay and way more work

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