Nvidia

Good perks of Silicon Valley, but you might not hold on to them longer.

If you are good at kissing up to your manager, then this is a great company.

If you have a good leader, then this company might work for you, but beware of the new automotive division, which has most bad people and managers.

No transparency in the performance management process. You would be rated by your manager however they like you, with no measurable system.

Also, no transparency in the performance review process. That means you will never know your rating because company policy allows managers not to disclose your review rating.

So, you will be surprised one day that you are out the doors because you had a different opinion from your manager on executing tasks and were rated badly in performance. No other manager inside the company will be ready to hire you for a second chance, since you are already screwed and you will never know.

Now, imagine a newly formed automotive division with managers who only have technical skills and no people management skills or leadership skills.

Also, the company itself is changing its goals every two months on automotive products. Good luck asking your manager about your goals, where you will be provided nothing but retaliation and no way to prove why you got that bad rating, even after you are lucky enough to find out your rating from the classified top-secret system.

Develop a good and transparent performance management system.

Set and track goals with at least two people, not just the manager.

Policies are only on paper and not implemented in reality.

Invest in leadership training.

Get professional managers in place.

The HR department needs to work on culture development in the Automotive division.