Good pay but that's about it - Robotics Software Engineer SharkNinja Employee Review

2.0
Jul 19, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, opportunity to have a big impact on the product if you are willing to work outside of normal hours. Solid yearly merit based bonuses.

Cons

Disorganized, upper leadership shows that they do not care for employees below them by constantly changing direction, forcing unrealistic deadlines and expecting all employees to work considerably more than 40 hours per week. Most managers are too busy to invest any time in the growth of their employees besides sending them to generic workshops. Little opportunity for growth due to lack of proper management and deadlines that leave no time for self development. They prefer to hire interns, eventually promote them to full time and maybe after years promote them to senior engineer but that seems like a soft cap for how high you can get starting from base engineer.

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5.0
Apr 30, 2026
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Pros

Good company culture and everyone is helpfull

Cons

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1.0
May 26, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some good peers that make the days slightly bearable with the group chat of how ridiculous and hellish the place is

Cons

The speed and agility are just code names for ceo paranoia and inability to make and stick to decisions. Toxic environment perpetuated by the lifers. Entire departments are pit against each other. A culture of public shaming and blaming with a side of discrimination and misogyny. It is absolute chaos and makes you regress professionally because after a while all you do is “yes” the ceo and do things the Shark way which is essentially the Mark way and 0% what other orgs would do or what you learned about/experienced previously. Micromanaging starts from the very top. Product issues daily. People cry daily. Ridiculously high turnover. So much bullying and favoritism. Extremely top heavy and lots of VPs+ to attend meetings but not enough people to actually work. Those in leadership are also unprofessional and liabilities. No work life balance. No respect. Backstabby. Even the meeting are aggressive and called hacks, red teams, sledge hammer approach etc. The best way to be successful here is to be a super caffeinated visible sycophant that is fine with no life outside of work. People note the high comp but it’s not worth it and is not enough compared to the hours actually worked and all the stress and anxiety that comes with it. The moral and mental health here are the lowest I’ve ever seen.

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