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4.1

74% would recommend to a friend

(11 total reviews)

74% positive business outlook

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11 reviews
5.0
4 Dec 2019

Inspiring Team, Exciting Tech, Evolving & Engaging Culture

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Pros

The Mod Squad is a super motivated and respectful team of highly capable individuals. Easy to go all-in with effort and energy when each person around is giving the same. I've never seen a team so determined to continue learning and overcoming challenges. We have a culture that thrives on overcoming technical challenges. We have a team that supports each other, and lifts each other up. From each leadership team member to every intern we hire, the team is devoted to constant improvement and effective teamwork. We value ownership and are committed to excellence.

Cons

Every company and team has it's challenges. I haven't seen any organization that doesn't have it's struggles balancing between good-fast-cheap. (We are still trying to figure out how to make more hours in a day!) Time is valuable and we strive to beat every potential competitor in the market. We work as efficiently as possible, but there are endless options of how to spend our resources; potential customers to interview, experiments we could run, data we could collect and analyze, and prototypes we could design, build and test. We've started to hit our stride in finding the balance of where to focus our resources. We are always looking for constant improvement opportunities. The Mod Squad members continue to find ways to evolve ourselves, team and programs.

2.0
27 Feb 2023
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Pros

Exciting technology, fast paced work flow, very smart teammates. Cool access to new skills and R&D know-how. A lot of flexibility to do the type of work you want.

Cons

The culture lends itself to favor individuals who have insane hours. If you don’t conform to working as much as everybody else you will be singled out. Also as an engineer, this company operates more like an R&D science experiment so don’t expect the comforts of normal engineering companies (design and manufacturing standards, quality control, reasonable test plans, rational decision making).

5.0
20 Dec 2017

Awesome team (capable and good to work with)!

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Pros

* Hiring standards are very high, both in terms of technical chops and a person's soft skills that makes them a good team member. As a result, people are great to work with both personally and in terms of being on top of all the science. * The science is really interesting! It's multidisciplinary, has a great purpose, and very challenging. * Management really embraces a strategy of constant improvement and trying to make people effective by providing the resources they need. * Everyone really does embrace a meritocracy; debating decisions with one of the founders is common and welcome. * Shoutouts and an emphasis on teamwork keep everything really positive - people are quick to acknowledge good things others have done, and it's not about pinning blame on people.

Cons

* While people are supportive in helping you get up to speed, it's still a steep learning curve. * As others have noted, definitely not a 9-5 job. But people do expect you to have a life; it's definitely a better culture of hard work than other places. * You need to be OK with being expected to quickly learn things outside your comfort zone and do what's most important for the company than what you may find most interesting.

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