Magic Leap reviews

4.0

70% would recommend to a friend

(470 total reviews)
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Ross Rosenberg

62% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Magic Leap has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 470 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Magic Leap employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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470 reviews
5.0
Sep 28, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

I've had a fantastic experience at Magic Leap. I've met some of the coolest people I've ever met, I get to play with crazy future tech daily, and I've gotten opportunities to help shape the future I never would have gotten elsewhere. We get good pay, great bonuses, and equity in the company. Free lunches, free ice cream every Thursday, and free snack machines. I think the happy Leapers tend not to vent on glass door, so there is a selection bias towards the ones who aren't happy. Which is going to happen in a company with 1000+ employees. There are some legitimate grievances, but the typical experience of the typical employee is much better that these reviews indicate.

Cons

Magic Leap faces one of the hardest technological challenges the world has faced, but people neglect to mention how hard of a managerial challenge we face. We are pre-revenue and have quintupled in size over the last 5 years. Our transition from a few folks in a garage to a corporate giant has soured a few people, and there have definitely been mistakes made. We do have to work very hard. Sometimes nights, sometimes weekends. That's startup life. It's easier for us young folks who don't have families. But frankly, if you want a low effort job where you can put in 40 hours and check out, Microsoft is hiring. ;) But when I go through the halls, I see people smiling and laughing with friends. We aren't getting whipped by management and sobbing while staring out windows like some of these reviews are saying, haha.

1.0
Sep 24, 2017

Dysfunctional, desperate, disingenuous.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Has some great people if you exclude leadership - Small enough to have access to leadership, though not always approachable

Cons

- Culturally dysfunctional in every way. The culture is toxic, distrustful and sometimes downright exploitative. "Might is right" - you need to be a bulldozer, and if you don't sit in the right org, you probably don't stand a chance. - Known issues, bad behavior and bad player are ignored because fear/desperation to maintain schedule takes precedence - Lots of disingenuous "lipstick on a pig" initiatives to pretend the company cares about people, equality, women, etc but none of it holds up to practice. Again, leaders that clearly ignore company values get away with it if they are deemed necessary for maintaining the schedule - Get ready to be asked to work round the clock but without any incentives. No one cares about your health, life, or family, and if you want to work at Magic Leap, neither should you. - Equity isn't generous and no way to earn more once you're in the door. - Total lack of expertise, decision making, and accountability on senior leadership team. No one has the appropriate background for the role they're in - No path for advancement, and no priority on this - CEO is too emotional to make good business decisions - Company has zero strategy - Bottom line: org makes it very clear that you are a dispensable commodity that is getting paid to do a job and that's it. The rest of their org may not do THEIR job, but it's on you to pick up the slack and nothing about you or your future matters to the company.

1.0
Sep 12, 2017

Serious culture problem, not magical

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Potential: exciting product concept.

Cons

Toxic, unprofessional, hostile work environment. It has the worst company culture trickling from the top down with terrible leadership. Management is indecisive with no clear direction, very poor communication that misleads employees. Severe lack of policies, procedures and process. Instead of hiring the best leadership to take a good look at making real change to the culture, they lose their best talent and it's a revolving door. Free food and drinks don't make up for unhappy employees. Horrible work-life balance, very long hours, politics, constant fire drills, anxious stressed out management causing unnecessary stress on employees. No clear direction. Complete lack of empowerment.

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