Toxic culture - Software Engineer Waymo Employee Review

1.0
Nov 23, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

access to partial google perks. I cannot think of anything else

Cons

Compensation: the stocks are worthless so you only have base salary. The company's goal is not making revenue. It blows off every possibility of profitable business - L2&L3 and trucking due to poor business decisions. It is working on L4 robotaxi only to satisfy someone's ego. Work life balance: the company implicitly expects you to work 100+ h per week. You need to work on short term projects all over the year with deadlines every 1-2 month. You will barely have chance to sleep 1 week before each deadline. Culture: toxic. The company wants you to feel insecure so you work harder. And it's famous for really bad people managers.

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5.0
May 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

This place is technical strong, and AV is on a good track than few years ago.

Cons

Some politics among the org. Top talent is attracted by LLM, and company have to pay higher salary to attract more people come in

4.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good team culture and lots of room for advancement.

Cons

A lot of temp and contract work can be unstable.

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