Pony.ai

Good perks like free meals (if you like Chinese food) and fast-paced product development.

1. Very political. There is a small group of people that executives trust and have frequent small side chats with. Your performance review is just a process that no one cares about. All that matters is in the small chats within the small group. If someone talks badly about you, you are screwed. It creates a political and lack-of-transparency working environment.

2. They lay off 5-10% every 6 months. Some people got fired at their first 6 months. The managers just get rid of people totally based on whether they like them personally.

3. The work-life balance is terrible. They expect people to work at nighttime and weekends on a regular basis.

Respect and appreciate your employees. They take a lot of risk to join a startup.