Pros: Cool projects, but you don't get rewarded for doing any of them.

Cons: HR designed the perfect systems to protect the incompetent while simultaneously causing extreme attrition with top talent. Stay away if you have any iota of skill, because your career will stagnate very fast here. They use strategies like "soak time" to prevent career growth while they milk you for more work. You'll have to turn water into wine, and they still won't be impressed, partly because they have no idea what the work entails.

Pros: - Fast-paced work environment where you can work really cross-domain. - Learn a lot very quickly; high learning value for your time, especially compared to FAANG. - Design-focused company; some Apple vibes, but also a strong Google-inspired engineering culture, down to the tools used. Ultimately, they care about doing things the right way, engineering and design-wise, rather than getting something clunky out the door. This ends up ringing true all over the company. TKK is gone, but his lessons remain. - Cohesive strategy from management; product offering is very clear. - Small teams with lots of autonomy have been able to build tech rivaling the other big giants in the space. Very little fluff gets in the way of just doing your job. - Work/life seems fine so far. Nobody is pressured outside 9 to 5, though some do choose to work more. - Objectively cool what you get to work on. It's AVs!

Cons: - Lots of work to do, and there are clear areas that are underinvested in compared to competitors. - Behind in funding and resources compared to competitors. You get more autonomy, but there's also less support & structure compared to the other giants. - The goal is ambitious, and while there's a path forward, you can easily feel overwhelmed and underconfident in the promised result when you see the problems all day. - Pay/perks aren't as good as FAANG. - Management can feel overly optimistic sometimes. While having a confident leader is good, glossing over the reality of the project isn't.

Pros: Mission-minded team; the company does its best to update people on all aspects of the vehicle. Co-workers are helpful. They do not water down their problems, and they really want their work to be safe and high-quality.

Cons: Some of the work is a little disorganized, but then this provides a lot of growth opportunities for workers who want to improve the system.