Pros: Great team and good pay.

Cons: Culture was a bit toxic and no remote.

Pros: Free lunches and dinner. The office is somewhat fancy.

Cons: Where do I even begin? All I can say is that all the negative publicity that the company has attracted from former and current employees is 100% true. The company conveniently tries to hide or cover such news. While interviewing candidates, I have been asked multiple times how I feel about the poor culture at Verkada, especially from female candidates. But guess what? None of us have the courage to share our honest opinions with interviewees, lest we'd be kicked off if our bosses came to know about it. When asked, I refrain from saying anything positive about Verkada (because there is hardly anything good), but I am not able to say anything bad as well in order to paint an honest picture. For candidates deciding on whether or not to join Verkada: Please do not make a decision solely based on Glassdoor or Blind reviews. Talk to multiple Verkada employees instead (apart from the ones who interview you, as they might not be at a luxury to share honest feedback). As of today, Verkada’s rating is 3.8/5, but I can guarantee it would be below 2.5/5 if you remove all the fake reviews posted by the marketing team. I have not seen any other company posting so many fake reviews on Glassdoor, and those fake reviews are easy to identify. All the 5-star reviews where the "cons" seem to be written in the way how you would answer your weaknesses on a job interview or performance review are clearly fabricated. Remove them, and you don't have more than 2.5/5.

Pros: 1. Works on some very cool stuff, including LLMs, new products, and CV. You can get some unique opportunities to work on something very cool and interesting. 2. Many teams are trying to innovate and move fast. 3. Very smart coworkers. 4. 333 free dinners in downtown San Mateo are nice.

Cons: Quite a demanding work culture. No slackers. More work than my past job.