OctoML Reviews

- Remote first, but also a beautiful office you can work in if that's your jam (and free food in the office twice a week). Quarter to half of my team works hybrid or in office full time and rest fully remote. I haven't felt as a remote worker that I was less supported or valued than my in-person peers. - A lot of kind and intelligent people, not always a mix you can find. I legitimately like all of my coworkers. I don't even have a coworker that my friends and I collectively label as "that guy" (you know the one) when talking about work. I've never had a coworker talk over me when I'm talking in a meeting here, even when we're over zoom, or ignore me until someone of a different background repeats what I just said verbatim. Completely novel experience. - Welcoming of all kinds of diversity, and an interview process that reflects that. - Excellent work-life-balance. 40 hour work week is what's expected, and people generally stick to that very well with only one of my coworkers popping in after hours on a regular basis. - Polar opposite of Amazon work culture. Very different from most startup work cultures. Burn out strongly discouraged. - You're treated like a responsible adult in terms of time off needs. Have a sick kid? It'll be okay. Need to go to the doctor? Great, do it. - 3 weeks mandatory vacation / 'OctoCalm' for those of us who struggle to take time off self-directed plus a number of holidays. OctoCalm lines up well with kids being out of school regardless of where you live (over winter break and over 4th of July). - Great benefits for a startup. Free medical, dental, vision for you and your entire family, free long and short term disability and life for you. The family deductible is only $500 as of writing this, $250 for individual I believe. If you have any sort of medical concerns or are disabled, this is incredible. - Growing while a lot of companies are doing lay offs. - We refer to us as a collective group as Octonauts, have a lot of nautical themes, and support of nerdy goodness. - Really cool product in a really cool space with a lot of opportunities to learn. - CEO occasionally turns all-hands into miniature CS lectures, and I love it. - Community where asking hard questions of management is welcomed. Very collaborative, safe, creative environment where people don't shy away from speaking up or trying where they may fail. - LGBTQIA+ and disability inclusive. - Series C funded startup with growing customer base.

Innovative company with smart and passionate employees from across the software and hardware stack