Skydio

Working with a great product. It's fun and challenging developing drones for many different uses. Learned a lot within the drone world. Had a great time up until my last few weeks...

1. Lack of transparency is the biggest issue within teams and even direct managers. My 2024 review was great averaging 4/5, which resulted in a pay raise. This was also discussed with my manager at the time during a 1:1 meeting. However, a few weeks after and coming back from company shut down, I was given a PIP out of nowhere. Of course the PIP was used to give me an unrealistic goal to keep my position at Skydio. Note: My situation was not unique. Others shared the same experience before and after mine.

2. Stack releases. Too many releases happening at the same time. In short, bandwidth constraints.

3. Egos are too big. Dealt with a lot of big egos. Just had to roll with it.

4. The turnover rate is terrible, and many amazing people have been affected by "quiet firing" at Skydio. Sad to say.

5. Work/Life balance. I always kept up with my releases, but with long days and weekends needed. My time I will never get back after getting let go...

Without giving names out, management as a whole needs to do better with transparency. Realistic releases to help with better quality releases. Ego needs to be toned down a bit as well.

Also your surveys don't mean anything if management is not going to improve upon them.