Just got off the phone with Zoox recruiter. Why is this company so demanding? 5 rounds of onsite, with a round full of high school math, and 2,3 references after passing onsite. Their compensation is ~40% less for a FAANG equivalent. Just curious why would any one accept Zoox?
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They do have some decent offer (if paper money counts).
Isn’t Zoox technically FANG? It’s owned by Amazon
They do have an exciting mission. Not worth 30% paycut though
"why so demanding"? Because we have pride, so much pride from the top, that we are the best, if not now, it will be soon enough. And our ZARs is going through the roof ... in 6 years. So it is your luck to even get an offer from us no matter where you are from. Now you either take it and shut up or leave it and good luck.
Given the culture at zoox it's hard to tell if this is satire
the best engineers wouldn't take Zoox offer. High risk business with zero payout, low compensation, and troublesome interview process. I just spoke with the recruiter for the first time and already they tried to put me in L4 even though I'm close to L6 at Google. If you low ball people, they would leave the moment they have a new opportunity. You won't be able to keep your best people for more than a year.
Zoox is a great place to work. Filled with good people as well. However, pay is shit and their vesting is even more shit. Even when you get promoted, the bonus you get also have vesting period which starts a year later. Leader ship is too proud of something but God knows. I agree with OP they don't respect engineers time that much with compensation. Just good vibes and feelings 🤣
Yeah don’t join for maximizing TC. But I agree with some of the previous posters, good people, good teams, and really cool work. Yes prioritizing which adds to show on the top of a website can also have interesting engineering aspects. However, building the AI for robotaxis is something I really enjoy, so much that I take a pay cut.
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