What’s a new grad offer look like?
I have been here for a years and leading teams with good exposure across teams - man, I don’t get the negativities. I have been in industry for long worked 7 companies from very big to tiny - I will tell you Cruise is almost the best one I have had
You don’t get it because you haven’t experienced it. I had a terrible experience in the beginning and was part of a really unhappy team, but with a new manager it made a ton of difference. I’m happy now and I’m glad the two who posted above are too, but there are some really gnarly teams at Cruise, just like anywhere else
just like any big company, your experience depends on your team and management. One thing I hate about Cruise is the young, inexperienced managers. They have no clue on how to manage people and are normally micromanaging. They love to show power and shut you down when you have different ideas even though yours might be better. If you are senior and have a lot of experience, consider hard before joining. You might work with a manager who has less experience than you but loves to swing power. If you are new grad, I highly recommend Cruise. Very good place for junior devs to grow. TC: 425K (not happy employee, quiting soon)
Don’t quit, just explore other teams. Cruise needs your experience and wants to keep you around. There’s plenty of teams that might be a better fit.
Same experience, quitting soon, lot of inexperienced managers who are political and toxic. TC:400K
I’m very happy. I’m making nearly double what I was last year. Got big interesting problems to solve and a ton of room to grow. Cruise has its issues as any fast growing company would do but on the infra side it’s awesome. Good work life balance, amazing pay compared to smaller companies but still so much new and exciting stuff to be building. We’re defining the architecture and systems which will be in place for years and getting paid well to do it. 8YOE, 400k TC
Seriously +1: pray tell what team you’re on they actually has work life balance
WLB is what you make of it, at any company. I haven't found Cruise to be an exception.
I’ve been here nearly 3 years and I think all companies have their down falls but here I feel people wine too damn much. It’s a fast growing company so it will be painful at times while things take shape. I’m here for the long haul personally
100% agree, such a whiny culture. Yeah, shit is crazy because we added 1000 people in a little over a year, but that has huge advantages too
Glad to see all the fanboys here. It's as if we work in different companies.
Cruise is great. Some of your voters are probably no longer here (fired ) and will impact the poll negatively
Lol. Planning a standup show with your material ?
Kyle? Is that you?
What is the design team like? Does it have the same toxic culture? Recruiter reached out and am curious
It’s great go interview
Just went through process as a designer and got an offer. Same questions. Seems like super interesting work but ppl trying hard to see the positives or spinning the negs as opportunities.
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I've been here for a almost a year now. Worked at a few startups before and large dinosaur in the past. The blind community for cruise is oddly angsty and some might say toxic. I don't get it. There is some perceived misplacement of people with respect to title, comp, and yoe, but I think it's to be expected when you hire over a thousand people a year. This is definitely the most interesting work I've ever done and by far the most I've gotten paid for it. TC 410k
Can you refer me
Yea seriously, I've been looking for this combination of research, engineering, and really good private sector salary for my whole career. I thought Google would be the place to find it, and it can be, but Cruise has been a way better fit. Its obviously not perfect, but I don't recognize the company Blind complains about