Motional reviews

Thank you for your review. Our top priority is the quality and safety of our core technology stack, and that’s why our engineering team is by far Motional’s largest -- approximately one-hundred times larger than our marketing team. Our strategic, consistent approach to R&D has enabled us to accomplish a great deal; we became one of the world’s first companies to operate driverless vehicles, while keeping to aggressive development timelines on our next-generation platform. I understand how devoting significant time and energy to mature our stack to achieve readiness for driverless can feel like a step backwards in terms of technology development. But it is essential to developing the full spectrum of capabilities needed for safe driverless technology, including safety expertise to perform thorough hazard analysis, risk assessment, and validation expertise and processes. In parallel, we continue to invest in significant technical advancements needed to achieve scalable driverless AVs, as evidenced by some of the techniques we’ve developed that have been widely referenced and adopted by others across the AV industry (e.g., PointPillars and PointPainting). Rest assured, as CTO I spend most of my time on driving and evaluating key technical strategic initiatives. Regarding diversity, this has been a priority since Motional’s inception just over a year ago. We launched our DEI program and set organization-wide diversity goals, and these will remain a strategic priority for the long term. I’m sorry you aren’t having the positive experience we want for all of our employees. I’m also happy that, based on recent feedback surveys, employee satisfaction on the engineering team remains above average as we continue to grow our team. I’d be happy to discuss your concerns with you directly. Please feel free to reach out if you would like to talk. Laura Major Chief Technology Officer

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. It’s good to hear you’re enjoying the team, culture, and benefits at Motional. In regards to your comments on management decisions, rest assured that we fully review all considerations and impacts before making decisions to take on new initiatives that may cause other activities to slow down. While delays can be frustrating, our goal is to ensure that our tech is as safe as possible. This is why we are continually improving and have various levels of test coverage ranging from software unit test, to simulation, to full-scale vehicle validation. We take safety seriously and initiatives to sharpen our unit test coverage are a part of that priority. Unit tests are needed to give assurance to the developers that their changes are not breaking the stack, allowing them to experiment way quicker and limiting the regressions along the way. If you aren’t clear on the rationale behind any of our decisions, I encourage you to reach out to your managers to discuss any questions or concerns you may have. Best, Laura Major Chief Technology Officer