Axon reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(758 total reviews)
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78% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Axon has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 758 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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758 reviews
3.0
Jun 20, 2024
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Pros

Benefits, autonomy, flexibility, customer interest

Cons

Middle and front-line leadership could use more managerial experience, sometimes it feels like we are stuck on management 101.

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5.0
Mar 1, 2024
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Pros

Incredible leadership with a strong mission. They truly have carved out a space in the world that is needed across our public sector. The mission is wonderful and they really mean it. When I say "they" it includes the the leadership and employees that are here at the company. They are small enough to be agile and it gives employees lots of space for growth as the company continues to make a positive impact. Across all the tech companies I have been at this is certainly the healthiest. They have clearly made mistakes and learned from them. 8 months in and I don't plan to go anywhere as the company makes an impact the world, public safety, and saving lives.

Cons

In past they have been criticized for a bro culture, it is clear that this was heard and they have pushed hard to ensure this is no longer a reputation within the company. I personally haven't seen any of this, but always something that can take time to correct. Really impressed with the honesty across the company and responsibility given to each individual to help correct any cultural issues.

5.0
Feb 29, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I've always found Axon to be a merit-based company with a good mission and a visionary CEO. In terms of engineering and technical challenge, I am surrounded by the brightest people who challenge me to be better every year. People who don't pull their weight at Axon don't last long because the culture weeds them out after giving them every opportunity to be successful. In spite of the hard-driving culture, I have found that the culture has not become disagreeable, toxic, or excessively political. And Axon has remained friendly to remote work. For all these reasons, Axon has been successful all the years I have worked here, and consequently it has been a very lucrative place to work due to the compensation structure that is heavily weighted with Axon stock, which has appreciated dramatically (over 10x since I joined).

Cons

The hard-driving culture means you have to operate in high gear all the time. It is intentional, and management is quite open about this. I accept it, but I acknowledge that there will come a time when I can no longer keep up the pace in the hamster wheel. I miss the old office culture we used to have in Seattle. It's a fully committed remote company now, so the office has become a pretty sad dead zone.

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