Bullish culture - Director, Software Engineering NVIDIA Employee Review

2.0
20 Jan 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* Appetite for challenging projects and ambitions * Lots of brilliant engineers * Strong stock performance * Flexible working hours/environment

Cons

* Engineering culture is very top-down. You will often hear "There is only one boss at Nvidia - Jensen". All decision-making is top-down and grassroots creativity is often overlooked. * Because of top-down culture, teams/engineers experience a LOT of pivots. Most engineers typically work on 3-5 completely different projects/initiatives in the span of 1-2 years. This causes a lot of thrash. * Politics is obnoxious. Orgs and org leaders have been around for decades and have created their empires. If you are caught between the politics/crossfire, it will be very ugly. * Culture embraces "brilliant jerks". People are aggressive, somewhat arrogant and extremely entitled. * Not very respectful - I've heard Jensen bad-mouth competitors in company all-hands.

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Pros

Get to work with the best in the industry. Pay is good, esp. due to stock appreciation.

Cons

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5.0
12 Jun 2026
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Pros

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Cons

Leadership direction can be whiplash at some times. Some initiatives feel directionless, while others feel misguided. Leadership does respond to push back and listens to employees though, but it often feels like managing up.

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