TORC Robotics reviews

Torc has struggled with direction and stability over the past year. Priorities change every half, sometimes even quarterly, which makes it difficult for teams to stay focused or deliver meaningful progress. The company has not had a true CEO presence, and decision making has often fallen to the CTO, creating confusion and frustration across departments. The CTO has been the puppet master while the CEO is pretty much a figurehead. There’s a significant disconnect between upper management and the teams doing the actual work. Morale is low, and it’s hard for employees to feel motivated or valued when long-term goals keep moving and so many things remain unanswered. Many talented people have left, and those who remain are doing their best to hold things together despite constant shifts in direction.

I was originally attracted to the vision, mission and amazing people in Torc. A new CTO came to the company in 2023 to transform us from an engineering company to a product company with the idea that a 50% turnover rate was acceptable. The new value has been to create an environment where no training or communication is provided and is replaced with an Opt Out program. Employees are leaving (ie. pushed out) in max exodus, rather than being trained, trusted, and respected for their knowledge and experience. He has destroyed a once great culture where teams were valued. The phenomenal leadership that made Torc great has either been evicted or abandoned ship before it sinks, this continues to roll down hill. Like many others have said, ELT is disconnected, uninformed, and ego driven. The care for the teams that do all the work is gone, there is zero trust or communication, and the talent on all levels below leadership is being forced out in place of sycophants. Sad.