Good Benefits, Bad WLB, Mid Comp - Software Engineer Verkada Employee Review

3.0
Jun 17, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Excellent cushy benefits at the level you'd expect from a bigger tech company (although no 401k match) - If you're early in your career you'll definitely be given high level work which can help you grow quickly - There are some very smart engineers in some teams there

Cons

- Eng administration is out of touch with the teams and goes back on their word pretty frequently - Can feel like the wrong people get rewarded constantly - Not crazy to work on some weekends and work more than 8 - 6 - Projects come and go on whims, what you're working on might get cancelled or changed weekly

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5.0
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Pros

Potential for growth and great compensation if you get a good territory

Cons

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1.0
Jul 4, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the people are kind, intelligent, and very thoughtful, which made the rest manageable when it unbearable Fancy perks: food, coffee bar

Cons

This is the worst company I have ever worked for. Inexperienced leadership and middle management creates an air of stress, anxiety, and frustration across all areas of the workplace. People often snap at each other, burn out, and successes are rarely recognized or celebrated. There is no sense of team unity. I even witnessed a monkey being brought into the office to be posed for photos during an end of quarter celebration. There is little flexibility for people not being in-office due to family/outside issues. There are too many meetings with no clear organization or purpose, and messages/emails are often sent late into the night, on holidays, and on weekends. I wish someone had warned me not to work here before I started, it was some of the worst days of my life.

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