Not worth joining - Senior Software Engineer Verily Employee Review

1.0
Dec 11, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Alphabet back up, no funding pressure - Have some smart people and engineer - Impactful domain

Cons

Unless you are super super passionate about healthcare industry, not worth joining. - Overall the company does not know what they are. Startup? One of the department of Google? Without a clear understanding what it is, you will see confusion everyday: when they try to attract talent, they will pitch you from google/alphabet back up (culture, funding etc). When they try to burn you out and cut benefit, they will say we are NOT google so don't expect same culture and benefit as google. Leadership can not make a mind at all what is Verily in terms of company culture. - Pay is not up to market if you are senior people from external hiring, and refresh not guaranteed. - Due to unclear self recognition, day to day work for engineer is challenge: move fast as startup? move slow as google? Leadership has no clue or redirection, so cause tons of confusion to engineers.

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Verily Response
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We appreciate you taking the time to leave a review. We hear you! Our goal is to create an environment where people collaborate, support each other, and enjoy meaningful work. It sounds like this hasn’t been your experience. We encourage you to speak to your manager about your concerns so we can address them together. We'd love to connect your feedback to the Verily People and Culture Team, and hope you'll email us at “verily-PACT@google.com.” Your feedback can then connect to others' feedback as we continue to build and improve Verily as one of the great places to build your career.

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