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1.0
3 Jan 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

+ Stock options. + Easy commute. + Celebrations and free food. + Friendship via survival.

Cons

- Toxic work environment because the CEO is a scientist, not a leader. - Very low level of respect between employees; no respect between employees and management. - They have the resources to protect employees and the environment, but they don’t because regulatory oversight is minimal. - At-will employment means you can be terminated for any reason, so you may have to buy the stock options in which you have been vested. - Social Darwinism. If management/leadership don’t like you, they will indirectly show it and push you out. - Passive-aggression is common. - Unqualified personnel move up quickly if they keep quiet and/or enable poor behavior.

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5.0
20 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fast-paced environment with regular product updates to keep things fresh and interesting. 10x does a great job hiring high-quality candidates, so we have very strong teams, including managers. It makes it relatively easy to support products when customers are excited to bring them into their labs.

Cons

No standout complaints, though there are relatively slow promotion rates.

3.0
7 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Many talented and hardworking colleagues Great technology in single cell and spatial omics

Cons

Some key decisions are made based on politics instead of science or technology. Some project leads don’t have the basic knowledge of the techniques and don’t know how to organize a project properly , but are still allowed to lead the projects due to their personal relationship with the senior leaders. People who are closer to the senior leaders are promoted faster or hired with a higher title (sometimes don’t even follow the normal procedures of hiring or promotion), regardless of their contributions or technical skills. At the same time, many folks who do the heavy lifting work are ignored. Some people tend to over-advertise or even manipulate their results, which lead to a huge waste of time and money for others in R&D since the results are not reliable and repeatable. There are feedback surveys each year, but the concerns are rarely discussed seriously.

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