Waymo Culture

Jun 2, 2021 12 Comments

@People who work at Waymo or know someone who does or have heard about the culture, what's it like? Where would you place it among Google overall?

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  • Waymo / Eng
    go bears

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    go bears
    The culture at Waymo is infinitely better than the culture at Google, in my opinion. I've worked at both.

    I usually describe it as like Google but mission driven instead of career driven. Less perf/promo obsession. Very apolitical (at least the Behavior org). Let me know if you have specific questions.
    Jun 3, 2021 7
    • Google
      eNUt60

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      eNUt60
      +1 behavior/sim/eval is very political. The wrong people are in charge which leads to spending huge amount of ressources on new tech without clear need & impact.
      Jun 4, 2021
    • Waymo / Eng
      go bears

      Go to company page Waymo Eng

      go bears
      I can't speak to sim/eval, but I can't imagine one finding the Behavior org political unless one is very sheltered. The reality is that Waymo's success is a bigger factor in our prosperity than whether we get the next promo, so people are generally not territorial / competitive and want what's best for the mission. Google is INFINITELY more political in my experience, and from what I'm told, even Google is a paradise if you're coming from a non-Google, large, public company. When you can't affect the success of the business, the only variable left to optimize for is your own career and it gets super gross. At Waymo, I don't mind (much) if somebody runs with my idea and I get no credit as long as I think that's what's right for Waymo.
      Jun 5, 2021
  • Lower than Google, at least for wlb.
    Jun 2, 2021 1
    • Google
      picadilly

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      picadilly
      Only in the sense that you can get away with being REALLY lazy at Google. Waymo has a good WLB relative to other companies of its class.
      Jun 7, 2021
  • Waymo
    sida

    Go to company page Waymo

    sida
    Good
    Jun 25, 2021 0
  • Waymo
    sida

    Go to company page Waymo

    sida
    Good
    Jun 22, 2021 0