SambaNova reviews

3.1

43% would recommend to a friend

(55 total reviews)

34% positive business outlook

SambaNova has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 55 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SambaNova 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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55 reviews
3.0
Feb 21, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This company is building very cool tech. They are really pushing the boundaries of what is possible in deep learning hardware. The company is very ambitious in launching new products and encourages you to work in all aspects of their SW stack. They pride themselves in maintaining a "no boundaries" startup culture even as they grow. You can work on things outside your core expertise. They seem to promote people quickly and do a good job of retaining their talent.

Cons

The corporate culture is difficult at times. There are some people with really big egos who bully the new hires into doing their work for them. Most of the work is done by a small percentage of the engineers, who are stressed out and irritable. Some managers are ineffective at delegating tasks and setting clear priorities. The vast majority of the devs are inexperienced, so many people overestimate their competence, and tend to reinvent the wheel. People spend way too much effort chasing after technical debt, taking pride in how "our stack" works rather than thinking about the best way to design things.

4.0
Dec 17, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-- Very smart and motivated engineers, best I saw in my career -- Cutting edge technology in many different fields (hardware, software, computer architecture, compilers, machine learning). You can work on many different things and learn many technologies

Cons

-- Culture of reporting work instead of actual doing work. Management likes to see tracking docs / slides / spreadsheets / dashboards to measure your progress. -- Often a majority of time is spent to make these reports, and less on actual work. It would be great to focus more on engineering and technical advancements, not on making colorful docs -- Low transparency. Many business details are hidden from the employees -- Some leads really micromanage you, which is especially tough when they are not even from your team! -- Work-life balance. Many people work on nights and weekends and others feel pressure to do that too. Difficult for someone with children / personal needs.

2.0
Jul 27, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Engineering challenges at scale

Cons

Rogue management. Lower management passes on the pressure to the engineers, upper management is hostile and appears very comfortable using threat as a means to an end. There are no consequences for psychological intimidation. Glorifies individuals who don’t care for work life sanity. Very little real care for employees (though Hr try to compensate by shipping goodies now and then). Lower than average pay, no performance reviews, no growth.

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