“Life” at Align - Anonymous employee Align Technology Employee Review

1.0
18 Mar 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Ortho benefits + product, Invisalign, are great - Half days before a long weekend are pretty cool - “No layoffs” during Covid, wink wink

Cons

- Traumatized doesn’t begin to cover it . The gaslighting, the bullying, the harassment of all varieties, lack of boundaries/work-life balance destroyed - Politics, politics, politics. If you can smile and say “yes”, you can get far but “pucker up” if you know what I mean - ALL these positive, recent reviews have 1 thing in common: full time employees tenured less than a year. Coincidence? - Pay in general is below industry avg - No layoffs during Covid was a curse cause “be happy you have a job” was used against many of us - You’re expected to be accessible 24/7 - Someone else touched on it but MAJOR disconnect between management and workers. YUGE. - Interdepartmental strategy? I don’t know her - Watch your back and the company you keep, it can and will be used against you - Unless you’re in Sales, be prepared to be treated as a second class citizen - Anticipate wearing a lot of hats if you are competent, if you’re smart and establish that you live by the values of agility and accountability, congratulations you played yourself. Celebrate with a ton of work and no recognition or appreciation - HR is a joke - Harassment is real but see above bullet, HR is NOT your ally - Promises to promote from within are largely unfulfilled so theyre hemorrhaging talent - Dont expect anyone to “celebrate” your next chapter if you leave. You’ll receive a cold af reception. Bet

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5.0
6 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good company, well run with Tom Prescott as President . No personal experience with follow on leadership by Joe Hogan but prior associates speak well of him.

Cons

Challenging environment with growth and simultaneous acquisition of two companies overseas.

3.0
22 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It used to be a good company who made a premium product, with smart coworkers, interesting tasks that involved a lot of math problems, with detailed code reviews. It still has generous PTO, sick days and a discounted lunch (in Raleigh office).

Cons

Management changed and there is an ongoing optimisation with hidden layoffs / force quits with no severance. Biased performance reviews with high expectations. Frequent goal changes and useless projects that will eventually be terminated and the whole team will be shuffled or dismissed. Complete delivery mess. Left hand does not know what the right hand is doing. Knowledge transfer sucks. The only way to understand the feature is to dig into the code (bad for newbies). New unqualified and arrogant low-level managers and team-leads, hide their uselessness on endless meetings, blah-blah-blahing with no real impact just to add visibility. A lot of stress, 5 days from office in an open space with no remote option even for new parents. The base is low with no stocks. Pro-Russian company, previously based in Moscow, relocated the whole office to the US and Europe due to sanctions during Russian-Ukrainian war (they recently laid-off a few Ukrainian guys).

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