Waymo Reviews

3 things: 1 - there is a really long time horizon between the work you are doing today and its impact. Both that these cars aren't going to make a real impact for another 20+ years, but the company is also moving slower and being very cautious these days, so your code doesn't ship for months to years now. 2- the remaining challenges are relatively boring. All the cool sims, sensors, and pipelines are running solid. We're deep in the land of tinkering. 3 - the best team is long gone. Few OG Googlers still on the team combined with the above makes life here more and more boring by the day.

Waymo is struggling with growth pain around issues of culture and transparency. I did not meet many strong software engineers here, compared to other, less famous, companies I worked for. That's not surprising given how poorly Waymo treats its employees. At Waymo, like other startups, employees have stock-based compensation. However, here you are not allowed to know what share of the company your stock represents - and the company can take your vested stock away if you leave. I find workplace conditions here humiliating, and those continue to get worse. If you join Waymo, expect to get a tiny desk in a hallway on a giant floor packed with hundreds of other desks side-to-side. You'll be surrounded by piles of boxes and yelling people all the time. People around me are often working sick, so I get constantly exposed to new deceases.