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3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(35 total reviews)
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Mike Palmer

62% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.1

Career opportunities

3.0

Culture & values

2.8

Senior management

2.7

Diversity & inclusion

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35 reviews

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1.0
Jan 29, 2024

Sigma has potential… but I wouldn’t gamble my career away here.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The product is awesome, the SF office offers lunch for in-office employees, the office very welcoming for dogs, and the company is full of intelligent and hardworking people.

Cons

There is what I can only describe as a culture of firing, fear mongering, and micromanagement. Jobs are consistently threatened, people drop like flies. Entire teams get cut without—from my perspective—a plan and isn’t related to performance. Lots of gossip circulating around the SF office, oftentimes in public office spaces. Morale is low and no one seems to trust anyone else. Consistent leadership shuffling leads to ICs left with little direction. Leadership also seems to disagree often; I received conflicting information from leaders on a regular basis. I wouldn’t take the risk, even though Sigma offers high salaries and competitive benefits; decisions are made so abruptly that you could be looking at job loss or a new manager every 6 months without any idea as to why.

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Sigma Computing Response
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I'm sorry we weren't the right place for you - but we acknowledge that our company may not be for everyone. Let's talk about who we are - It's true that we always strive to be the best in everything that we do and it's also true that we believe that winning matters. It's true that we move fast and make fast decisions. It's true that we believe strongly in working together in the office. It's true that we have a high bar for performance and that we expect everyone that works at Sigma to be accountable for their goals (everyone from the interns to the leadership team). Having enjoyed consistent triple digit growth for the last 4 years those truths will remain true and we will continue to welcome people to Sigma that believe in what we believe in. But there are also things in your comments that are not true - what is not true is that we are not committed to diversity or that promotions are somehow reserved for one group of people over another - I’m sorry that you felt that that was your experience but that is not and never will be the reality. Of course like any company we know we are not perfect - we move fast and while we don't always break things I’m sure that we miss things. But we are growth focused on more than just our financial goals - as you know one of our core Operating Principles is to Optimize for Learning because we believe that we can always be better I'm sorry that we weren't right for you but we will always be honest about who we are and that we can be better and want to be better. So we will always welcome anyone that wants to be part of our growth journey - particularly if you want to make us better!
5.0
Oct 31, 2023

This is a 5 star company

Software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good engineering culture, smart and friendly coworkers, supportive manager, promising product, transparent about company financials.

Cons

Hiring could be more cautious.

5.0
Oct 31, 2023

Fun, Challenging, and Growing

Engineering
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I was previously at Facebook where I worked on large scale systems before joining Sigma in 2021 without having prior start-up experience. It was intimidating and I didn't know if I wanted to leave a large comfortable company to build something new with ~150 other employees. Overall it was probably the most rewarding experience I've had in my career thus far. - Lots of mentors and people willing to help. No one from my experience is left on an island as long as they proactively engage in discourse and ASK for help. Everyone is always willing to help, it is just very difficult to expect it to happen organically without asking since teammates are heads down. - Feedback is always given as long as it's asked for, everyone is transparent about what is given. As a result I've grown a lot while being here because it allows you to push for growth in the areas where other's see gaps, they will also help support you in many ways. - Fun and dynamic work. There are a ton of problems to solve and it's up to you to find them and also evangelize the scope and impact of solving a specific problem so you can work on it. - Internal Transferring is easy: There are always new problems to solve, switching teams is relatively easy, and I've also seen other teammates transitioning quite seamlessly. Retention is a priority for good employees here at Sigma. - The company, your manager, your coworkers, and the people around you are all growing WITH you. Everyone is dealing with these problems likely for the first time so you're not alone but also it will be hard to blame people from problems that they and you are encountering together for the first time. Overall I've gone quite close my coworkers here as a result of hurdling obstacles and tackling problems together -- it builds confidence in the ability to work as a team and that those around you aren't going to give up easily. Resilience and consistency is what will get the company to a successful exit and it's something many of the people here at Sigma have.

Cons

- Startups aren't easy and not everyone is fit for them but acknowledging that can be a difficulty in itself. They come with unique problems that are seemingly solved at other companies already but you're building the solutions from scratch. - One of the few things people don't really realize is how many challenging and hard problems there are to solve that large companies have already resolved years ago, but Sigma is facing for the first time. - Dynamic and always changing. The thing about startups is that priorities change according to business and other reliability needs that can ensure the company stays afloat. After all startups are about proving themselves to the rest of the market, the same way we join the workforce when we're young we also have to grind to prove ourselves.

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