A good place to work - Software Engineer Skydio Employee Review

5.0
Jun 10, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of interesting projects to be done, and plenty of opportunity to have ownership of entire components. Emphasis on mentorship and growth. Many people (including the founders) started out inexperienced and grew into their current role. Adding to the above, everyone across engineering, pm, marketing, etc is incredibly capable and reliable (but also busy). Company is growing rapidly and likely to be successful in the future. The product is interesting and fun, you're able to borrow a drone to fly on weekends. Despite being a startup, leadership has a mature and nuanced attitude. Teams can put in bursts of effort when necessary, but the focus is on sustainability and work/life balance.

Cons

Deadlines can appear and move around quickly, making it difficult to plan work. Could be more diverse but actively improving as well. Lacks the perks of a unicorn or faang company.

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5.0
Jun 1, 2026
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Pros

smart people, interesting engineering problems, high real world impact now.

Cons

bad work life balance at times

1.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free food that is about it.

Cons

Management is very very poor. nepotism referrals no experience or bad experience from small companies. I worked in about a dozen places too. This place takes the cake as the worst management. All their manufacturing lines are designed horribly. Some people don't speak English well here can't communicate ideas. They get all pissed off when you ask questions low EQ if you are trying to understand something deeper. High turnover job they slander you. People joking before the shift about how we all are going to get fired before the start of the shift

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