Worst parts of a startup and worst parts of a large corporation - Anonymous employee Verb Surgical Employee Review

1.0
22 Jan 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The product and industry are very exciting.

Cons

The projected culture of the company does not extend very far past the executive level. Most of the atmosphere is draconian and toxic, and the frequency of management openly discussing leaving is a extremely demoralizing.

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5.0
26 Apr 2025
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Pros

I worked at Verb for a couple of months, in 2019, my task was to develop a comprehensive test on a motor control PCB. I enjoyed working with my much younger co-workers. Lunchtime was always a pleasure. Lots of laughter and mutual respect.

Cons

I have always been a quick study so it was apparent to me that none of the managers I met understood what senior Verb engineers were designing. One aspect of the design made it impossible for a system-wide communication protocol to work. I tried to explain this to the managers I was working with, but they did not want to hear it. I completed my assignment quickly and demonstrated it. The other serious problem I saw, at that time, was the goal of the test group to develop an all-encompassing test system that would test everything all at once. In my long career I have seen this methodology fail every time. When I voiced this, during a meeting, that started a big brouhaha. At that point the test group had produced nothing. It appeared to me the managers at Verb, during that time, were throwing money at non-productive teams and not doing their due diligence.

5.0
8 Apr 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Plenty of learning opportunities, let me try different things I was interested in

Cons

There was limited depth to what I could do in a summer

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