Axon reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(759 total reviews)
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Rick Smith

78% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Axon has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 759 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Axon 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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759 reviews
1.0
Nov 19, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing customers and working to solve interesting problems Snacks in the breakrooms Cool facilities

Cons

People are relentlessly fired without explanation. Most of the folks let go were top performing individuals who met and exceeded quota. The only consistent thing that we have seen is they disagreed with a handful of managers and they were quickly "managed out". They were almost always blindsided. The company then tries to not pay them commissions after they close a big quarter and get fired. The firings of well liked and high performing individuals are demoralizing. Sales leaders are married to each other and are untouchable. Nepotism is a very real issue and anyone that says differently is terminated. Diversity is a joke. You will be hard pressed to find non-white employees outside of manufacturing and housekeeping. Culture is miserable. Politics and tip-toeing around the leadership that fires people inexplicably is a rain cloud that follows you around. The "expect candor" and "win right" principles are a complete joke. Promotions are only to those who are liked by the current sales leadership. Also, if you are not Ivy League educated... good luck. Do you own research on sales leaders and they are all Harvard. PTO is non existent. On paper, you have unlimited PTO, but have to find someone on your team to cover for you. Everyone is so busy that the answer is usually "I dont have the bandwidth". Yes, you will need to work on vacation and you will be judged if you take more than a few days a year. Axon releases products before they are ready and tries to fix it after a failed deployment. Delivery and support falls on sales even though there are design and support flaws that hurt customers and your reputation when you make these million dollar sales.

1.0
Nov 18, 2020

Beware! Great products but terrible leadership

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Saving lives. Flexible schedules. Some of the ICs were amazing people. Great stock bonuses.

Cons

Leadership has no idea what they are doing, it’s very unorganized. You won’t get promoted unless you’re in the boys club. As some other reviews have said, terminations without warning are very common. I’ve seen great people get blindsided while LDPs skate by because they went to Harvard. There is also no diversity or inclusion even though the PR team likes to say there is. You must always be available, even while on PTO. There isn’t any work life balance.

4.0
Nov 17, 2020

Fun and Hard Work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

High Salary, lots of flexibility, high level of ownership

Cons

Be prepared to work hard

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