No career growth, "yes" culture - Anonymous employee Samsara Employee Review

2.0
Sep 14, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits and competitive pay. For some workers, that's all they could ask for. But if you want longevity, PLEASE BE WARNED

Cons

It was great until a year ago. Heavily focused on a.i. and with that comes higher expectations and faster/more demand. Not a great place to work if you have any of these values within your top 5: 1. Mental health 2. Honesty, from managment & peers 3. Commradery 4. Team work 5. Integrity for yourself Burn out culture is real. if you speak up about management, bullying, intimidation, or their favorites, you'll quickly be cut from advancement. Maybe threatened with termination. You need to keep your head and hopes down in order to do your job and keep it. Say 'yes' and leave all your professional skills and reccomendations out the door. They don't want it. I've seen it from many parts of the business. I know talent whose had to leave because of it. They don't want talent or want to keep it. They want 'yes'. The ones who care are all gone.

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Cons

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