Stay away - Anonymous employee Motional Employee Review

1.0
Aug 27, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The AV industry is exciting

Cons

The negative reviews on here shouldn’t be a surprise to the company by now. Some of them have been voiced in yearly survey reviews (the results of which are not always announced or in their entirety..). If there was genuine interest for a solution, they would have done *something*, instead of deferring people here to talk to HR. As another recent comment here said, people might reasonably be afraid to talk to HR in fears of being singled out. Career growth is vague and not transparent, managers get promoted without having advanced their team, people with limited experience hold senior roles. Certain questions (that happen to be unfavorable to management) aren’t approved/addressed in company-wide meetings. It is a pity, the culture used to be wonderful.

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Significant portion of company located in Singapore can be awkward for a few select roles. The company is past the funnest startup phases and needs to be aligned with frugal, fiscally conservative safety-first culture of South Korean Hyundai (parent company). Equity package looks inflated on paper by about 3-4x (the stock options are little more than a tax complication). Lots of red tape. Company moves slow. Cross-functional nature of domain-scoped teams requires program management and a bit of bureaucracy to get many things done. Leadership leverages the glass ceiling effect very effectively, which can have the unfortunate effect of orienting engineers to business problems instead of engineering.

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