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Rapid decline in eng quality. Sinking boat with unrealistic expectations

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Rubrik for 6 years
October 10, 2024
Palo Alto, California
1.0
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros
  1. Good quality engineering staff
  2. High standards in engineering practices
  3. Free food, but only up to $X.
Cons
  1. CEO keeps changing strategy every year.
  2. WLB is extremely bad. Get ready to work 12hr+ in two time zones over 6 days a week.
  3. Management and leadership have unreal expectations and push more demanding excellence and impact with limited resources.
  4. Favoritism is shown by managers.
  5. Promo promises and peanut raises.
  6. Bonus is constantly reduced, mentioning uncontrollable reasons such as war, market conditions, IPO.
  7. Rapid exodus of talent and people waiting to get out.
  8. Burnout is rampant in eng.
  9. Managers and leadership expect high quality, but they fail to exhibit the same.
  10. No 401k match and no on-call bonus.
Advice to Management
  1. Please get the foot back to the ground. Exhibit RIVET first to receive RIVET.

  2. Check the number of folks who are leaving or have left. Attrition puts a burden on existing engineers. Average tenure is less than 2 years. Check LinkedIn stats to understand more.

  3. Employees have a life beyond Rubrik. Please look at Blind, Glassdoor -ve ratings. There is a reason for this.

  4. Managers and leadership are lacking ownership and only want engineers to exhibit them.

  5. Exhibit integrity and excellence in granting RSUs that are not overvalued.

  6. Stop asking employees to vote on external surveys such as Great Place to Work when this is clearly not the case.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
4.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
1.0
Career Opportunities
2.0
Compensation and Benefits
2.0
Senior Management
1.0

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