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      Snorkel AI

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      Snorkel AI Reviews

      3.5

      57% would recommend to a friend

      (46 total reviews)

      Alexander Ratner

      56% approve of CEO

      53% positive business outlook

      Snorkel AI has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 46 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Snorkel AI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      46 reviews
      2.0
      1 Nov 2025

      Pivot to oblivion

      Software engineer
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      CEO approval
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      Pros

      - Good engineering and research talent. Good people to work with. - Decent place to learn about AI, or at least it used to be - Good middle-management, reasonable expectations and perf reviews - Good reputation in industry. Can be a good stepping stone to something else, or as a foot in the door of the AI industry - Cool swag and events

      Cons

      - Immature executive leadership, letting their Stanford PhD reputations carry them - Despite what they say, they don't care about their people. This is obvious when someone leaves, voluntarily or not. Outside their immediate pod, they tend to just disappear. Only longer tenured employees get a mention, typically in a random Slack message. Otherwise, you find out by suddenly finding them deactivated on Slack without any explanation - Poor strategy and long term decision making. Very slow to react to the rapid swing towards gen-AI, and then it was way too little too late. - Core business, which seemed very promising, dried up - Dramatic pivot to new data as a service direction is not what anyone signed up for, and they're essentially working 9-9-6. Working so intensely, they're doing nothing but creating engineering tech-debt, and never cleaning any of it up. - Super competitive market for new direction, and they're extremely far behind already. Very unlikely they can catch up - Work is uninteresting, just grinding - especially post-pivot - Aimless design efforts

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      Snorkel AI Response
      1mo
      Thank you for the thorough and detailed review. I appreciate how much time you spent on sharing this feedback. The point about how we communicate when people leave is one I want to call out specifically. Acknowledging colleagues with care isn't something that should depend on tenure or proximity to a team, and I appreciate you naming where we've fallen short of that. On strategy and pace: we made a significant bet on where the market was heading, and the path has not been linear. I won't pretend the workload has been easy or light, but I do want our people to feel that the intensity is matched by clarity, recognition, and reasonable boundaries. We're actively reviewing our policies, recognition practices, and how we sequence work so that intensity has limits. On 401(k) and other benefits, we hear you and are evaluating where we can do better. If you're open to it, I'd value a confidential conversation. liz.sweet@snorkel.ai. - Liz Sweet, Chief People Officer
      1.0
      18 Dec 2025

      Is Anyone Still Steering the Ship?

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      -Genuinely kind and supportive colleagues, making it a pleasant environment to work in. -A solid entry point into real-world technology, particularly as an early career or transitional step.

      Cons

      -The company’s strategic pivot has been poorly executed and lacks clarity. -A significant number of experienced and high-impact contributors have left and have largely been replaced by more junior profiles. -Leadership appears disconnected from on-the-ground realities, or unwilling to acknowledge the full extent of the issues. -The technical work is no longer at the state of the art, and innovation has noticeably slowed. -Work–life balance has deteriorated significantly. -Accountability at the leadership and management levels is lacking; responsibility is often deflected rather than owned. -Communication has become the primary focus, while the company’s broader vision and goals are far less visible than they were in earlier years. -It is discouraging to see strong talent leave, and there is a general sense that many remaining employees are waiting for the right opportunity to do the same. -They are living off their past achievements

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      Snorkel AI Response
      1mo
      Thank you for taking the time to write this out in detail. There's a lot here, and I won't try to address every point in a reply, but I do want to acknowledge the through-line: that the pivot has been hard on people, that we've lost talent we valued, and that leadership has not always shown up the way we should have. Those are important things to address. The departures are real, and I won't pretend otherwise. We have experienced a lot of attrition during this strategic shift over the last six months. Snorkel is not the company now that it was when many employees started, and we won’t always find alignment during this kind of change. But we are building, hiring and growing in an aligned direction now, and are welcoming amazing new talent to the team every week. On work-life balance, we've heard this consistently and it's something we are actively working on. I won’t defend it, but I will say we are committed to improvement. On accountability and clarity of vision, those are the harder ones, and I take them seriously. Communicating is not a substitute for being clear about where we're going, and we owe employees both. If you're open to it, I would value a confidential conversation about what you saw in your time here - please reach out if you’d like to chat - liz.sweet@snorkel.ai. - Liz Sweet, Chief People Officer
      2.0
      16 July 2025

      Burnout culture, poor leadership, and little upside

      Operations leader
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      Pros

      - The mission initially seemed compelling - Talented teammates who genuinely care about doing excellent work

      Cons

      - Leadership is disorganized, immature, and lacks emotional intelligence. - Decision-making is reactive and often made without regard for long-term impact. - The company frequently pivots with little notice, sometimes halting all work to focus on pilots that are rushed and under-resourced. - Teams are pushed to the brink to deliver high-stakes projects based on vague promises of large commit contracts — but those contracts rarely materialize. As a result, the work ends up being a loss in both time and morale. - There is a troubling pattern of gender bias at the leadership level. Leadership routinely disregarded the input of women on the team, only showing respect to male colleagues. Disagreement was met with silent treatment, even in customer-facing roles. - Leadership does not value or acknowledge the sacrifices of their team. - Appreciation is nonexistent, and burnout is treated as normal. - From a financial standpoint, the equity is unlikely to be worth anything given the company’s volatility and the intensely competitive nature of the data annotation space.

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      Snorkel AI Response
      11mo
      Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. While it’s difficult to read, we recognize that these perspectives come from real experiences, and we’re listening. Our team is operating in an incredibly fast-paced and evolving AI market, and with that comes both opportunity and growing pains. We're actively working on improving how we prioritize, communicate, and support our people through inevitable shifts in direction. That said, we care deeply about our people, despite long hours and tough projects. We always do what we can to lead with kindness and empathy at all levels, even when there are tough days. In recent months, we've invested in clearer goal setting, better cross-functional alignment, and efforts to strengthen leadership communication. While we may not always get it right, we’re committed to learning and getting better. We appreciate your feedback and are using it as we continue to grow here at Snorkel. - Liz Sweet (Chief People Officer)
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