Taro Logo

High impact and high expectations

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Life360 for 4 years
May 3, 2016
San Francisco, CA
5.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

It is great to work on a product that has real impact. We get dozens of user reviews talking about how we literally saved a family member's life.

The team has a ton of exceptionally smart people, especially those who have joined in the last couple of years. I have been with the company for over 3 years now, and there were some times when some people were not putting in the hours, but in the last year most of these people were let go, and although it was a tough transition I now feel like I am working with some of the smartest people I have seen in my career.

Most of the people on the team are also more family-oriented and there is not a brogrammer culture.

Cons

Life360 has very high expectations, and some of the other reviews that mention people being let go are true. You do need to perform well, and although I didn't see the micromanagement others have mentioned here, it is true that if you are not high performing you might be let go.

There has also been a lot of change. The company raised a lot of money a year ago and the move to a more structured environment has not been easy and there were some mistakes made along this process, although lately things have felt very smooth and exciting.

There were also a lot of projects going on at once which was hard, but this has also been something that has improved a lot over the last year.

Advice to Management

Continue to keep the team focused and not make people do too many things at once. The recent changes were really good.

Was this helpful?

Life360 Interview Experiences