NVIDIA reviews

4.4

90% would recommend to a friend

(5,470 total reviews)
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Jensen Huang

98% approve of CEO

91% positive business outlook

NVIDIA has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 5,470 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The NVIDIA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Jan 6, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

I worked there for 18 years before I retired early. I enjoyed working there because: - Inspired and inspiring CEO. One day I was at lunch with a coworker and a voice behind me said "Can I join you?" It was the CEO, and over lunch he wanted to know what we did, what we thought of the company, benefits, etc. No private dining room for him! - a great deal of fast paced work developing solutions for cutting edge problems. - everyone right up to senior management buys into the company culture. Employees are treated extremely well and are generally motivated to do excellent work and create quality products. - many highly competent engineers throughout the company. - great benefits. I was treated well when I was off work for five months after a boating accident. I received full salary and my job was waiting for me when I returned to work. - high salaries and excellent stock benefits. - unlimited personal time off.

Cons

The work is usually fast paced and often time sensitive so it's easy to forget to maintain your work/life balance. A good balance is highly encouraged by the company.

5.0
Nov 16, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I'll be up front and say that it has always been my dream to work here. With that in mind, I came in telling myself to look at this place as objectively as possible to not cloud my judgement. After working here for over a year, I must say, the hype is real. * Super transparent and surprisingly egalitarian I've worked at other tech companies where it's all double-speak. Here, the hire ups are just regular dudes with added responsibilities. It's surprising how you'll be chatting with some random guy and you find out later he's a director or something. I've never experienced this before and it's awesome. * The technology is incredible and so are the people who work on it I know everyone is "Making the World a Better Place! ™" in the valley, but seriously though, what a time to be alive! Processors that were developed for insane graphics are now used for the world's most powerful supercomputers. What's even crazier is you meet the people who develop all these tools and again... they're just regular, humble dudes doing their life's work. Outstanding. * You're not a peasant, you are an engineer at one of the best tech companies in the world Coming into Nvidia, I was worried it would be a turn and burn shop like Amazon or IBM. A sort of "We own you, now work 90 hours a week, drink this kool-aid and love us", but it's not like that all. You're an individual and you determine your involvement/focus. This sort of freedom is incredible. * Have I mentioned how awesome people are? Seriously though. I show up to work so I can work on cool things and hang out with people.

Cons

There are a few, minor ones that are just kind of annoying rather than a hindrance * Some of the Newer Hires So I'm a recent hire, but I've noted some trends with the newer hires. Nvidia has made it to the big time and with that, we can start pulling in people who were originally gunning for the FANGs. The problem is, a lot of those people just care about RSU's, insane perks and literally nothing else. * More on some of the newer hires They whine about the dumbest, most entitled, first-world problems. I'm not entirely sure if that Orange Mocha Frappuccino that you were served at nvcafe is entirely vegan, gluten free and fair trade certified. I'm sorry Nvidia is so awful that we don't have personal butlers at our stand by, ready to get us a kale/tofu/avocado toast that other tech companies obviously do. I'm sorry the stock dropped a little so you can't get gold rims for your jet-ski. Oh the humanity! I could go on, but you'll see these complaints on Glassdoor and Blind. They just care about perks and RSU's. I don't really feel like they're employees, just mercenaries ready to hop onto next thing once all their RSU's vest.

1.0
Oct 11, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I can't seem to offer any pros right now.

Cons

I've worked at Nvidia for 10+ years. Nvidia , as a company, is good. But, what matters is the team / department culture. We used to have a good, low-key environment until few years back. Unfortunately Mixed Signal team has become a horribly toxic environment to work in.There was a reorganization few years back, and then another one...it seems that we are constantly reorganizing so that upper management gets promoted to higher ranks. Many of the original folks left the company to join Apple, Samsung etc. and their positions are filled with these new guys. Nowadays, there is a very toxic environment and politics. Managers and directors keep promoting themselves, and if something goes wrong in the design, they point their fingers at designers, instead of owning the responsibility. They also fight with each other to get ahead of others, to the point that it is disgusting. It is the worst environment I've encountered in my 15+ years. I think that the best sign of how bad the situation is can be seen from their job postings. They have been trying to hire one 'quality' senior engineer for a long time (their postings are all over the place), but no good candidate accepts their offer, and he/she goes to other companies such as Apple, and Micron instead. I guess that people know about the environment here. I suggest that you build your career somewhere else and don't even waste your time with interviews. But, If you decide to apply and if they give you an offer (it is usually above average, for a reason :) ), use it as a leverage against some other offer and move on with your life. You don't wanna waste your time with these folks. Anyways...I started to prepare my own resume after 15 years here....

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