super political company - Software Engineer Pony.ai Employee Review

1. Very political. There is a small group of people that executives trust and have frequent small side chat with. Your performance review is just a process that no one cares. All that matters is in the small chat within the small group. If someone talks bad about you, you are screwed. It creates a political and lack-of-transparency working environment. 2. They layoff 5-10% every 6 months. Some people got fired at their first 6th months. The managers just get rid of people totally based on whether they like them personally. 3. The work-life balance is terrible. They expect people to work at night time and weekends, on a regular basis.