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Vecna Robotics reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(64 total reviews)
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Craig Malloy

100% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Vecna Robotics has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 64 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Vecna 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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64 reviews
1.0
May 5, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Vecna Robotics has great employee benefits (basically good health insurance, 401K matching, and flex time).

Cons

- Most of the management is comprised of employees that have been at Vecna for many years, never working anywhere else. There were not properly trained as managers, and are very bad at it. - Too many titles and large egos. Everyone is a director, manager, VP, Chief this and that. There aren't enough engineers to do the work, but there are so many redundant managers. - It's the boss' way or the highway! At Vecna Robotics, if you don't agree with the people above you, you 3 options: be quiet, quit, or get fired. I've seen all three cases. - You won't get any mentorship here. Every time I brought up this topic with my supervisors, they glazed their eyes and ignored it. - Every project is poorly planned from start, so everything get's rushed and hacked together at the end, both in hardware and software. - Hardware team, very few doing most of the work. But they are quitting or getting fired.... - They don't want to see redflags. I've seen so many engineers leave this company and during the exit interview explain EXACTLY the reasons, but nothing changes. Every month I would see someone I cared about quit. - Huge difference between an R&D project and a product. Current management doesn't understand it. - Salary/Stocks inequality. The range is ridiculous. - Way too many distractions and side projects. Focus on getting 1 product complete!

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Vecna Robotics Response
6y
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. We would like to learn more about your experience and how we can improve. Please feel free to email us at feedback@vecnarobotics.com.
2.0
Oct 14, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The work environment is relaxed with flexible hours, including WFH. Team leadership is great with adequate direction without becoming overbearing. A lot of discretion is given to employees regarding how to solve problems, which is a plus if you are a self-starter.

Cons

I have serious concerns regarding the direction of the company overall, and the long-term viability. The executive leadership recently decided to end all R&D projects, including terminating externally funded projects, which are vitally important to stay competitive in the fast-moving robotics space. Along with these recent moves, they laid-off one of the best engineers who had been with the company for many years and who was instrumental in developing all of the existing products. Like other employees I've spoken to, I plan to look for other career opportunities with companies that I believe have better long-term potential.

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Vecna Robotics Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. Our flex schedule as well as flexible PTO allows our team life/work balance. The recent decision to reprioritize our product line was not made lightly and we acknowledge the impact. Our employees are our #1 asset, and we encourage you to speak with your supervisor or the HR team about your concerns. We appreciate your feedback and invite you to reach out to feedback@vecnarobotics.com with any other comments/questions.
1.0
Apr 19, 2021

I would stay away.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits for health and gym. You do find some good folks to work with.

Cons

everything else.. Do not be coned into thinking its a good place to work... Work hours were unbearable for the pay.. You have no guidance on the issues to work on. Absolutely bad software engineering practice overall. Talks about long term plan but honestly dont see that happening. Product is promising but execution and treatment of employees is the worst. Work expected of you gives you anxiety as it they will ask you to implement something in unreasonable time and give you no direction what so ever to what needs to be done. Worst kind of engineering practice. An anxiety inducing work atmosphere with no regards to your personal mental health. Will not recommend to anyone.

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Vecna Robotics Response
4y
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. We agree that our employees are the best – our #1 asset – and that our benefits are stellar. Our team’s mental and physical health is paramount to us and we work to prioritize that – we even hosted weekly guest speakers in May to promote and provide resources for Mental Health Awareness Month. We recognize that many of our teams went above and beyond this year, and these efforts did not go unnoticed. We quickly scaled many of our teams to address this pressure, and hope that teams can now take a breather with our unlimited PTO. Feel free to reach out to feedback@vecnarobotics.com with any other comments/questions.
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