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A fun and educative environment balanced by a very poor upper management - Software Engineer C3 AI Employee Review

3.0
Jul 10, 2020
Software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1) You get to work with talented people in a collaborative environment that makes it easier to get work done smartly. 2) Some teams offer you to be creative in your tasks. 3) An environment of learning is cultivated through various ways, including frequent lunch and learn sessions that introduce you to a variety of interesting things that the company is doing, as well as fun anecdotes of the employees. 4) Fun environment. 5) Decent Perks.

Cons

1) Salary provided is way lesser than average, with no clear plans of hikes/increments. This leads to shortcuts in advancing forward, leading to a rise of certain borderline unethical practices. 2) No work from home. It's astonishing that a company advocating digital transformation does not support this fact that's keeping them backwards in comparison to other companies. No one knows why, because you're shut off if you ask questions. It's hard to explain to your family that you are going to the office during the covid situation because your company does not "believe" in WFH. 3) Very limited perks. A PS4 in a conference room or a pool table is not a perk. Unlimited PTOs so that I can visit my ailing parents is a perk. Understand the difference. No mental health days. So if you're out of sick days or PTOs and have a dead parent, chances are you have to come to work. Your manager might understand, but the higher ups who micromanage won't. 4) There is a vast difference in what management assures people about the company and what the people who actually do the job say. 5) Very few teams encourage creativity and getting the job done is sometimes put on hold if other teams do not "approve" it.

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C3 AI Response
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1) Salary and cash compensation at C3.ai is not “way lesser (sic) than average.” Fact: Cash compensation is benchmarked well above average, generally between the 75th and 90th percentile. Including stock options, compensation is above the 95% percentile for any given position. 2) “No work from home.. It’s hard to explain to your family that you are going to the office during the covid situation”. Fact: Company employees began working from home due to Covid starting in mid-February and 100% of employees were working from home starting on March 16. All C3.ai offices were closed as of that date. All C3.ai employees have been working from home. Some offices began a phased reopening in June, consistent with local ordinances. As of this date, the great majority of C3.ai employees continue to work from home.

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5.0
Jul 3, 2026
Sr site reliability engineer
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Pros

Best team I worked with. Keep learning new tech.

Cons

Not too much. Company is still not profit.

2.0
Jun 1, 2026
Senior software engineer
Recommend
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Pros

Smart and talented colleagues with strong problem-solving skills. Opportunity to work on large-scale enterprise applications for Fortune 500 customers across industries such as manufacturing, supply chain, energy, and defense. Exposure to AI/ML-driven business applications and complex data integration challenges. Fast-paced environment with significant ownership and opportunities to contribute across the stack. Employees on platform and infrastructure teams can gain experience with distributed systems, backend services, and core platform development. Competitive compensation and exposure to high-impact customer-facing projects.

Cons

Much of the application development work relies on C3.ai's proprietary Type System and platform abstractions rather than widely adopted industry frameworks. Skills gained in some application-focused roles may not transfer as directly to companies that primarily use Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, AWS-native services, or other mainstream technologies. Engineers looking to build expertise in designing scalable systems from scratch may find fewer opportunities, as many platform capabilities are already provided by the underlying framework. Technical growth can vary significantly depending on the team. Platform teams often work with core technologies, while application teams may spend more time configuring and extending existing platform functionality. The learning curve for the internal platform can be steep, and much of that knowledge is specific to the C3.ai ecosystem. Career development and marketability outside the company may depend heavily on the nature of the projects and teams an engineer is assigned to.

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