I would not wish Clarifai on my worst enemies - Anonymous employee Clarifai Employee Review

"Working at Clarifai should feel like you're drowning but barely keeping afloat" In my opinion there are many problems at Clarifai that mostly spawned from poor CEO focus, lack of CEO leadership/responsibility, and disregard for employee well being. It felt like it was the founder's way or the highway, so even people in leadership roles were handcuffed from making meaningful change. This inability to improve the company trickles down to everyone else. Clarifai has a very top down type of leadership and it was an extremely frustrating place to work. The company is constantly changing focus, which leads to frustration and ultimately a lot of work to be done. The vibe you get at Clarifai is that your life should revolve entirely around Clarifai. To elaborate, it feels like if the law didn't stop them, they would have you work every waking moment of your life, including all mornings, nights, weekends, and holidays. I don't think the leadership wants that environment, but the founder creates it by going over managers to directly assign employees work irregardless of their current work/workload. Work life balance is taboo there. It felt like something you bring up if you want to have a really awkward conversation. It feels like the founder would gladly add extreme hardship/pain for his employees in order to attain a slight monetary gain for himself. It is my opinion that if you don't care about having a fulfilling job, don't mind coming into a morose feel of an office, don't care about transparency or culture, don't care about your work conditions, willing to turn cheek when you see the mistreatment of others, and gladly willing to say yes to the founder no matter what, then Clarifai might be a good place for you.