Great R&D, Toxic Environment - Software Engineer Verily Employee Review

2.0
14 Oct 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Very competent and articulate technical coworkers who can deliver on realistic goals. - Great perks including food and gyms pre-COVID and daycare is open again. - Incredible diversity which creates a really wonderful physical office to work in. - For teams that only rely on themselves to pursue biotech products, this is a fast paced R&D oriented company with the right manager.

Cons

- Chain of communication in management is highly selective and one sided. Lower management does not know the reality of their teams’ goals and this lapse continues up the ladder. - No interest in tackling technical debt. There is always the next immediate stakeholder (internal or external) priority which overshadows all outstanding or backlogged issues. - Management does not listen to lower level concerns and it is not encouraged to share opinions. - Work-life balance is bad even in the Bay Area. As you ramp up your time, that becomes the minimum expectation going forward. - Working remote is a challenge as a newer employee. The perks are slashed and life is less efficient though you are expected to deliver the same level of performance. - Negative company sentiment among low-to-mid level engineers.

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