Axon Software Developer reviews

4.2

80% would recommend to a friend

(57 total reviews)
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Rick Smith

99% approve of CEO

97% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Axon with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 57 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Axon is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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57 reviews
4.0
Nov 29, 2019

Good enough

Recommend
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Pros

- Competitive pay, PTO, work-life balance. - Positive culture. - Decent opportunity/freedom. - Lots of different tech to cut-teeth on (also a con). - Haven't ran into any jerks so far. - Company has good intermediate level customer-support that works closely with customers and protects engineers from too much noise.

Cons

- Some of the worst code I've ever seen. (This is not my first rodeo). - Lack of investment in stability. They call "Opts" team "SRE". - ADHD of software ecosystems (use a motley of supporting products with poor integration, instead of committing to a few ecosystems with good integrations). - Mixed signals of trying to be frugal versus spending money.

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Axon Response
6y
Thank you for writing this review and for your contributions at Axon! We are happy to hear that you enjoy our company culture, robust benefits, and working with our incredible team. While we strive for greatness, we know that there is always room for improvements, and we are thankful that you are part of the journey with us to help implement better systems and processes. Please continue to share your ideas, perspectives, and feedback - we'd love to hear more from you!
4.0
Nov 25, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of smart people, freedom to do what you want, nice office

Cons

Political company, probably going to have to talk about it outside of work

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Axon Response
6y
Thank you for taking your time to write this review and for all your contributions at Axon. We are happy to hear you had a positive experience working here and wish you best of luck in future endeavors!
2.0
Mar 14, 2019

Hype train

Recommend
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Pros

Great room for personal growth if you can play the politics. Great PTO options and good perks. Great code base with skilled developers. Helping first responders.

Cons

Honestly they have a great mission, but the company is so poorly managed. There are almost no procedures for even an exit interview with HR. I had to arrange the exit interview myself, and they still pride themselves on being a startup, despite the fact that TASER has been around since the 90s. They also suffer from a "go after the shiniest object" syndrome, where they prematurely latched onto a drone reselling service despite in no way integrating into their product suite. Middle management is pretty much kids out of Harvard, so they tend to have a very entitled attitude, because in reality they have 2 years of work experience. The frat culture and sexism are just... always bubbling under the surface. Then there's the dishonesty, TASER has used some nasty PR tactics to silence victims of TASER death and their interference in medical trials and lawsuits are well-documented. There was a reason that they changed the name to Axon. Ultimately, they can be a good place to further your career if you are in the right team, but you have to kill your internal moral compass. And if you've worked in a tech startup before, I'm sure you'll know to see past the vat of kool-aid they pour over you.

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Axon Response
7y
Thank you for writing this review and sharing your perspective on Axon. As we've scaled from a small business launched in a garage to a global company developing public safety technology to protect life, we have strived to strike a balance between critical processes and empowering our teams with the confidence to act quickly and iteratively to bring us to the next level. We are an equal opportunity employer and recognize all of the skills and contributions our talented team brings to the table.
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