Toxic Work Culture and Unfair Layoff Despite Strong Performance - Senior System Test Engineer Cubic Employee Review

1.0
May 30, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

A few helpful teammates (though limited). Exposure to customer-facing field testing (despite poor support).

Cons

Despite a good performance and annual rating, I was laid off without clear justification. Sent for field testing in extreme weather conditions (rain/snow) just a week before the layoff. I had to pay hotel expenses out of pocket and was only reimbursed after repeated follow-ups with HR. Management is unprofessional and non-transparent. People in leadership roles, including project and test engineers, lack basic technical knowledge (e.g., writing SQL queries), yet their jobs remain secure. No accountability, poor communication, and a demoralizing work environment.

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5.0
Nov 4, 2025
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Pros

Very friendly. Feels like family.

Cons

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2.0
May 7, 2026
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Pros

My manager was awesome. Job was diverse and creativity was welcomed. Salary was pretty good, even if I was technically doing two types of positions. Co-workers were also good, some great, actually. Work life balance was also pretty good. All credit to that goes to my manager and the managers I've had before my last one.

Cons

In the end, my loyalty seemed to not be valued. My hard work showed and I met deadlines before the due date. Only called in sick when actually sick, and hardly took time off. The thing that bothered me the most was the way they laid me off. Group Teams video meeting, but the person giving us the news was not on video. Just a black screen, telling you that was your last day and that after that meeting your access will be cut off. And it was. I almost felt like an email would've been better than that black screen. That is really the only time I felt bad about the way things went. I know corporate life brings in the usual fiscal year layoffs, but it just felt wrong the way it was done, in my opinion.

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