TORC Robotics reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(232 total reviews)
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Peter Vaughn Schmidt

50% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

TORC Robotics has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 232 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TORC Robotics 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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232 reviews
5.0
Mar 7, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Employees quickly become well versed in their field of work. Ability to make or request changes. Employees have ownership of specific tasks or projects. Diversity of tasks so boredom or being pigeonholed is not an issue.

Cons

Many different projects occurring simultaneously so juggling multiple tasks at once. Sometimes working for multiple project managers so determining priority can be difficult.

5.0
Feb 20, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

TORC has fostered a Team mindset. Everyone works well together and respects each other. There are many tight deadlines but everyone works well as a team to develop amazing software, products and services. TORC is at the cutting edge of technology.

Cons

The company is growing rapidly which requires a lot of change management. But the leadership is committed to the employees and is doing well at managing the company through this exciting period of growth.

5.0
Feb 20, 2019

Excellent place to work!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Lots of incredibly neat projects, Never a dull moment - Most people genuinely care about the work they're doing and the quality of the product - Flexible hours as long as you're working effectively - You can walk up to anyone's desk and ask a question: no need to communicate through an unwieldy branching management structure - This place is a nerd trap. Nerds: you have found your people. Welcome to the club of like-minded and extremely interesting individuals

Cons

- There are a handful of useless and infuriating people, but at a much lower percentage of the overall population than you'd expect at most companies - There is no means of employee ownership, profit sharing, etc. If I were able, I would invest every cent I could spare in TORC. I strongly believe in the future of the company and would like a means of investing in it. There's a nebulous 20% clause in the employee handbook, but that's not real. It's been described as the "TORC lottery" and counting on that as an investment in your future prosperity is about as serious as buying lottery tickets. - TORC is slowly losing a lot of the things that make working for a small company great as we grow. The powers at be seem to have little interest in continual cultivation of the great interdisciplinary and interproject cooperation that comes naturally to a small company but becomes a struggle in large organizations. It seems like managers are becoming more competitive and political putting their own projects over what makes the most overall sense for the company. Engineers can sometime get caught in the crossfire between managers with competing agendas. - Things seem to be getting factionalized and everyone in management seems to think their customer or project has the largest impact on the future of the company. It makes it hard to know what's actually important and to prioritize your efforts.

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TORC Robotics Response
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Thank you for the honest feedback. The people at Torc make things happen and we wouldn't be successful without everyone contributing. Totally agree on the equity plan and it is one of my personal goals for 2019 to implement. I am interested in hearing more specifics about the Cons listed. Feel free to come by and discuss in more detail.
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