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      This isn't really a machine learning engineer role - Machine Learning Engineer The Washington Post Employee Review

      1.0
      Oct 26, 2021
      Machine learning engineer
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      Pros

      Lots of paid off-time: three weeks of vacation, three weeks of sick leave, one week of personal day + holiday.

      Cons

      The company has a multi-layer corporate America structure: from team lead to mangers to directors to VPs to CEO. Lots of internal politics, everyone just watch their own back to keep the job. The role itself is really a QA engineer, not ML engineer. For 85% of the time, you work on infrastructure migration, pipeline maintenance, and code improvement. You are constantly being hassled to meet the deadlines. For the 15% of ML, you are told what model to use, what code to write. Very boring!

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      5.0
      May 12, 2026
      Intern
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      Pros

      THE BEST INTERNSHIP EVER! The staff and manager was so nice

      Cons

      Nothing bad to say at all tbh

      1.0
      Jun 25, 2026
      Product designer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Supporting journalism is the one good thing.

      Cons

      The culture needs improvement, with a strict in-office policy that may not work well for everyone. There also seems to be ongoing challenges with employee retention, which can impact team morale, consistency, and long-term stability. The tech guild and unions made me feel really uncomfortable with coworkers protesting outside the office.

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