The most terrible work experience - Software Engineer Rhombus AI Employee Review

1.0
3 Nov 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Fully remote (good & bad) - Startup experience

Cons

- Requirements change quickly with daily adjustment; features that work for several weeks would be fully deprecated within a month. - Get a call during the weekend and have a meeting at night. - Toxic work culture -- the team is siloed.

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Rhombus AI Response
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Our team is the heartbeat of our success. At Rhombus AI, we are deeply passionate about fostering a community of software engineers, machine learning researchers, and AI enthusiasts. Growth is our top priority—not just as a company, but also for every individual on our team. We aim to help our team members reach the very best of their abilities, and we do so in an environment that is highly collaborative and deeply supportive. As Jensen Huang once said, "If you want to do extraordinary things, it shouldn't be easy." Similarly, Mark Zuckerberg’s mantra resonates with our philosophy: "Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough." Our mission is bold: to build the world's best AI-powered data platform, empowering organizations at every stage of their data journey. Achieving this is no small feat. It requires incredible dedication, hard work, and motivation. As an early-stage startup, our growth has been exponential. We’ve been fortunate to scale rapidly, and we’re proud to have been selected as one of the top 80 startups in the prestigious AWS Startups Accelerator program. This recognition is a testament to the impact of our work and the strength of our vision. In our iterative process, we analyze hundreds of PostHog sessions, sometimes dedicating hours to a single session, diving deep to uncover valuable insights and better understand user behavior. We prioritize user feedback, align as a team, and collaboratively decide on the next steps to rebuild or improve. This level of engagement and responsiveness is part of what drives our innovation forward. Growth here is non-linear, and there are no straight lines. While we thrive in this dynamic environment, we understand it’s not for everyone. We respect the decision of those who choose to move on and genuinely wish them success in finding roles that better align with their goals, interests, and work style. To our team members who embrace this challenge with us, thank you—you are the reason for our success.

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Cons

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