Vantaggi
- Some strong engineers work here. If you have particular interest in wireless engineering and especially 5G, then there's a lot to learn. Makes sense given half the company is former Qualcomm - Benefits aren't bad. Free good healthcare
Svantaggi
The culture is ... not great. After the major layoffs in May of 2023, there has been a strong crunch that just doesn't seem to stop. Basically all the people left were workaholics and that has just become the expectation, There's too many cooks in the kitchen and they all want to be informed so be ready for a lot of meetings. These meetings will not be worth your time. The work from home policy has been clawed back as much as possible. While I respect the VP of engineering, I believe he has a lot to do with this as he has a very hostile viewpoint on work from home. This viewpoint is almost universally shared amongst all of middle management. A lot of the engineering process is cluttered and disorganized (this can also be reflected by the physical state of our labs). I think the only decent teams at this point are the main software stacks. All of the other teams I cannot recommend. They're currently trying to hire, but I think even under the best of circumstances I would have a hard time this job to a friend. Also don't join the XR side. That project was severely gutted after the layoffs and is also going to be lower priority in terms of the company. It feels like it's only kept around because the CTO likes the technology (which I do actually agree with him), but there really doesn't seem to be a market for it. It just seems that too much effort has been put into it so they're desperate to find customers. It's a shame because a couple years ago I was recommending people to apply because things felt pretty good. But the longer I stayed the more I realized there isn't much of a vision, or if there is one the upper management is so opaque about it that nothing will ever be communicated to you. With the knowledge I have now, getting laid off was the better option