Not an employee oriented Company.... - Senior Hardware Engineer NVIDIA Employee Review

2.0
Jul 22, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Talented People and cutting edge work. Keeps you busy. Good health plan. 2 Year lock for Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Free Dinner.

Cons

Unfriendly work environment. Although people are talented, there is too much of attitude. Too many emails and people do not like in-person interaction. Lack of work and life balance. Poor Project schedule planning. Always the schedule slips more than a year. There is no growth for Individual contributors. There is no compensation based on performance. No bonus and they do not give good no. of RSUs any more. Its pretty much your base salary. No 401K matching. There is no Paid Time Off. They call it, Professional Time Off which means you talk to your manage and get as much as vacation. Who in the world allows you to take a long vacation. When ever you ask your manager, he/she says, we can't give you more than two weeks due to schedule. Lots of dis-satisfied employees that's reducing the people efficiency. There lots of people leaving the company and the management is not putting much effort in stopping that. Managers do not care about their employees. Employees are frequently moved to different managers in a short time. Sometime that really affects the reviews. Overall its not a employee oriented company.

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Pros

Technical excellence and engineering rigor – Working alongside some of the smartest engineers in the industry. Code reviews, architecture discussions, and performance optimization were taken seriously. Cutting-edge technology – Unparalleled exposure to GPUs, CUDA, AI infrastructure, and low-level systems programming. Truly a place where you can work on problems that define the next decade of computing. Impact – Your work ships in products used by millions of gamers, researchers, and data centers worldwide. That visibility is rare and rewarding. Leadership in AI/ML – NVIDIA is not just riding the AI wave; it’s enabling it. Being at the center of that as an engineer was professionally transformative. Compensation – Competitive salary + RSUs that have appreciated significantly over time. The financial upside for long-term employees has been substantial.

Cons

Internal mobility – Moving between teams (e.g., from automotive to gaming) was harder than promised. Managers sometimes blocked transfers.

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