No longer a great place to work. - Software Developer Detroit Labs Employee Review

2.0
Mar 1, 2023
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Pros

Two stars for the amazing people I was privileged to know and work with. Some of the best I've met. Unfortunately, many have moved on due to the reasons below.

Cons

Detroit Labs has been slowly going downhill for the past few years. This used to be an exceptional place to work, but culture and people are no longer priorities. Many of the best folks saw the writing on the wall and left. Leadership is visibly burned out and disconnected. Sales has never been a strong suit and biz dev is just floundering. The apprentice program was one of the things that made Labs special and it's long gone. Layoffs have cut most early career folks. Compensation is low and titles are deflated compared to market.

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5.0
Nov 30, 2025
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Pros

I've never worked at a company that stands by their employees like Detroit Labs.

Cons

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5.0
Jul 11, 2025
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Pros

The tricky thing about Glassdoor is it takes ratings throughout the lifetime of a company and can’t be separated by eras. Having been an immersive consultant for 5 years, been apart of extended think ranks, and haven’t worked at other companies of a similar size, I believe I have a vast sample size to compare to. Detroit Labs is a great company from end to end. From the talent level to the camaraderie all the way to the future ahead. The portfolio with the brand names and the projects would be a Greatest Hits album for the vast majority of other customer software development companies. The founding team is intelligent, not just open to listening but will make sure you get the resources to do it, and has created a “cool” culture. It’s tough to describe other than that. But even from the interview process you get a great sense of it. Very professional but nice comedic relief at the same time.

Cons

None that I can think of. No company is perfect, but anything I could list would just be inconsequential nit picky things that don’t matter much, if at all, in the grand scheme of things.

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