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False promises, bad pay, overworked - Drone Pilot Cyberhawk Innovations Employee Review

1.0
8 Dec 2021
Recommend
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Pros

I would love to say that the company has a wonderful "culture" and cares for their employees if it were not a facade. The truth is, the management tells you these things but they are only concerned with cutting costs and string on talent as long as possible until people wake up and leave for something better. The only pros that I can see are the crews in the field. Some of the hardest working and enjoyable people I'm any industry. Management is a den of snakes, denying promised bonuses and promotions, leading people on with promises of better pay right around the corner, while they spend lavishly on themselves and post about it on social media.

Cons

Cyberhawk relies on its ability to keep talented people on board by filling their head with fantasies about the future. They'll tell you all sorts of things to get you excited, then tell you even more to keep you excited, then when it starts to become obvious that they are full of it, then they will come up with excuses and promise a new hope to be right around the corner, all the while management spares no expense on frivolous items that make the company "look successful" and keep employees "feeling good" even though all your colleagues in the drone industry are making double what you are. They will spend tens of thousands of dollars on staff and locations that are not needed, in Denver of all places, while the work is in California, just because they want to. The leadership is clueless of where they are headed, short changing their talent pool and being left with amateurs which has destroyed their safety standard. I don't think Cyberhawk will remain in the US long with this type of leadership. It's a training ground to get into the drone industry, that's all. They'll hire anyone and let them fly drones. If that's what you want or need to get into the industry then it can be a good start but they won't look out for you, they'll just say they will.

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Cyberhawk Innovations Response
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Wow this review stung and so let me give you a bit of background to our journey so far. 2021 was a tough year for our field teams in California. We had to scale up at short notice and ended up doing over 30,000 tower inspections between Jan and November. It was nuts, but we did it. Towards the end of the year, when this review was written, we decided to focus on cultural fit rather than years of experience and speed when looking for people to continue their journey with Cyberhawk. We ran a training camp in Bakersfield and ensured that our values became the real focus as everything else, we believe can be trained. This year we added field supervisors and planning managers so that communication is much better and people have dedicated team members they can call on at any time for the California wildfire mitigation program. We are also hiring in the UK, US, and Qatar contunually. The reason why the US office is in Denver rather than Palo Alto is simple. We work all over the US, from Louisiana to California and all the way up to New York. Denver is a hub and we can get anywhere in a single flight. Believe me, I would love to be living in California but it is simply too expensive. Sure we take the team to Topgolf and have fun because we recognize that celebrating is key to a successful company. We do it in California too! We started in 2008 and so far have done 100,000 flights in 37 countries. We have over 140 employees and use Peakon to send out monthly surveys. We consistently score 8.2/10 which is above the technology benchmark. Don' take my word for it or his... Reach out to any of our employees on Linkedin and send them a message to find out the real story. I hate to see anyone feel like this on leaving Cyberhawk, for whatever reason. We have had people leave, some return and most remain good friends.

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