Verkada

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umzn70

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umzn70
Dec 17, 2019 30 Comments

Anyone have any experience with this company? how is the WLB, culture, and pay as an SDE?

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  • Verkada
    eidnfk

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    eidnfk
    Definitely wouldn't recommend working here. This company has significantly deteriorated since Dec 2019 when you asked the question. Read the Blind reviews. I can confirm that the negative reviews are unfortunately all true. WLB - non existent. Everyone works 80+ hour workweeks. Culture - the worst I've ever experienced, and I've been at some bad places in the past. Pay is the only thing that isn't horrible. It's average to above average I'd say. I'm pasting one of the reviews below for reference.

    Management/Founders are toxic bullies who impose racist and sexist norms across the company. They hire based on “pedigree” which means White from Stanford first. Their women in leadership are leaving in a mass exodus, because of a hostile work environment, and the boys club at the top doesn’t care about their workers.

    Despite the slow hiring pace and pandemic it’s all sprints and insanity for engineering all the time. No time off or time to take a breath.

    Some execs live above the office rent free. Founders throw office parties during a pandemic where people aren’t wearing masks and are sharing drinks and food openly.

    Fraternization on the sales team is a well known fact at previous company events ( especially with a primarily male leadership team on sales, one of whom has had known sexual harassment complaints.)

    This place is a culture dumpster fire, but hey, you might make some money if you keep your head down, work yourself to death and never have an opinion that management doesn’t agree with.
    Sep 29, 2020 1
  • Verkada
    cFPj58

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    cFPj58
    I second the other comments here. Wouldn't recommend. Not in the slightest.
    Feb 7, 2021 0
  • Apple
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    Edit: things seem not so great now...

    I know someone who works there and they’re always raving about it. He said culture is amazing especially for SDE. They pretty much give you anything and everything you ask for. You get free cameras for your home if you want. They pay for installation and everything. They even reserved the closest parking spots for the SDEs. The engineering managers (mobile he knows best but he mentioned others are good) are really caring and devoted to the company. Their pay is competitive.

    I think the only negative he said was the design team isn’t the best.
    Dec 18, 2019 5
    • Zume
      zOVQ40

      Zume

      zOVQ40
      That's really too bad. I'm a designer too. I've been on both sides of that. It's just so unproductive. Engineering and design should work together. Anytime there's dissonance among teams, it shows in the final product
      Dec 23, 2019
    • Apple / Design
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      Hopefully it’s just growing pains. They’re growing like crazy right now.
      Dec 23, 2019
  • Verkada
    Xdgh24

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    Xdgh24
    Favorite place I've worked at :) The company maintains such euphoric energy
    Mar 18, 2021 4
  • Verkada / Eng
    5quwuy

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    5quwuy
    I am an employee here in the engineering team. WLB and culture are some of the strongest positives of this company.

    They are currently ramping up the engineering team and the hiring targets are next to crazy but I am seeing them steadily reach their goal.

    The engineers do work closely with the design team and product managers for the features we get out the door every quarter to our customers hands.

    We did experience typical growing startup pains that comes from upping the eng team headcount from ten to fifty in just a few quarters. Generally it takes time for the dust to settle and ideas to come to fruition when new members work together for the first time.

    We have succeeded nevertheless, mainly because of three main factors 1) colleagues who push each other to succeed 2) work culture 3) an awesome VP of eng who keeps teams together
    Dec 27, 2019 2