Hyperloop One reviews

3.2

48% would recommend to a friend

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41% positive business outlook

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5.0
Feb 15, 2020

Great Company

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Pros

-Surrounded by talented and motivated people. -Awesome company vision: making an exciting new form of mass transportation. -Good work/life balance for a start-up. -Company is quickly growing which gives interesting career opportunities. -Friendly culture. -Delicious free lunch daily. -Pre-IPO stock options.

Cons

-Fast paced and agile management style means there can be lots of scope change on projects. Requires lots of adaptability. May not be the right environment for everyone. -Due to being a start-up, there is risk with the company. It is mitigated through being part of the Virgin Group, and having wealthy investors, but risk will always remain for start-ups before they have income from products or other assets.

5.0
Dec 17, 2019
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Pros

Great company culture in promoting diversity and a team-oriented environment. There is no dress code or personal office space so everyone is treated the same: With respect. The work environment is laid-back and therefore people feel comfortable in their work space, this enhances productivity and loyalty. All of the equipment is brand new and employees are provided with all of the tools that they need to succeed. There is free catered lunch and snacks with healthy and vegan options. Pay is great and per experience, along with the benefits.

Cons

It is located close to downtown so time management is crucial in getting to work. Also since company and industry are relatively new, there are processes and requirements that still need to be defined and this could be challenging for new or novice employees. It's better to be independent, self-motivated and assertive to more effectively work here.

5.0
Dec 6, 2019
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Pros

- mission: you get to build the new mode of transportation (it's like building a train 100y ago) - world-class leaders in Hyperloop Tech development while the competition is mainly just talking, VHO are the only ones that have tested it already in 2017 in Nevada Desert (google Devloop test track) - its a Virgin company: very good work-life balance and work culture (unlimited PTO, dog-friendly office, snack & lunches on-site) - in progress of building multiple new tracks and test rigs, advancing the technology, things are happening month-to-month - engineers are very capable and mostly all excited about the same thing: helping to build Hyperloop. - you'll get to build things from scratch with the newest tools (no legacy systems) - "move fast and break things" ( with an exception to safety) - very international, people from all over the world (mostly US and Canada though) and have offices in Dubai. - you get to present you work on different conferences - people are super friendly, prepare for numerous birthday parties, donuts in the office every now and then, and just happy people around - no office politics (though there has been some a year ago but they let go the toxic ppl) - very flat structure & open office, you get to interact with CTO and CEO every day (even though we're >200 ppl)

Cons

- the business is based on private/public partnership, and these projects tend to be long to establish which is frustrating - you're NOT gonna get paid like FANG ( just a fair compensation +- 10%) - no 401k match or cash bonuses - as a full time you get the options for pre-IPO stocks (= you spend your own money to buy them, you don't get them as bonus, and they might be worthless in the future with so many rounds of funding) - growing pains: couple of very junior people were made managers and were not prepared for that - its a startup, you never know whats gonna happen in 6mo

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