Glitzy place to the outsider, coal mine to the insider. - Senior HW Engineer NVIDIA Employee Review

2.0
Oct 28, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Leading edge technology. Lots of very smart engineers, no office politics to speak of. Good salary compensation. Gave out good stock options in the past. Flexible work hours, feel free to work as much as you can.

Cons

nVidia excels at hiring the best and brightest engineers, put them in mind-numbing, dull, repetitive jobs. You'll become obsolete in the job market after a few years at nvidia because you get too used to all the internal tools that you forget how to use industry standard tools. Some bright engineers get promoted to become not so good managers, and ultimately lousy middle management. Very little interaction with co-workers outside of work, everyone works long hours, then hurries home, just to come back eight hours later to repeat the cycle. Coworkers who quit, get laid off, or fired, simply disappear with as little fanfare as with the new employees who come in to take their places.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Fantastic work culture, great work life balance. People are genuinely excited about what they are working on and the projects are cutting edge. Unlimited tokens (for now at least). Flexible hybrid policy, and easy to take PTO. Leadership is very forward thinking, for a large company there's a lot of sense that employees matter. No layoffs in almost 20 years. Food is pretty good and subsidized. Great benefits, and competitive compensation especially for hardware roles.

Cons

Only minor gripes - currently no gym, and the parking is very limited at HQ. This is being addressed, but won't be completed until 2028. Company has been growing faster than the offices, so there aren't enough desks for everyone. Slightly inconvenient when you can't get a temp desk where you need, but most of the time it's no problem.

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