Airy Labs Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Airy Labs

Pros – smart and driven teammates who cared about each other
free food for the first few months

Cons – It's a sweatshop run by a family who believed in slave driving employees.

The company is dying - yet the family blamed all the employees "hired the wrong people".

Employees should have spoken up much earlier instead of enduring all the hardship and abuse for so long.

Advice to Senior Management – The whole family screwed up the company and they owe an apology to all 30+ former employees. Stop blaming employees because the whole world has learned the truth by now.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Airy Labs

Pros – The original company goals are admirable
The employees are smart and fun, extremely talented
Great location
Great ideas and creativity amongst employees, but need to be better cultivated
Individual tasks relevant to job description are fun and challenging.

Cons – No PTO whatsoever--> quick burnout
Management treatment and administration policies vary widely from employee to employee
Lack of communication and clear vision on part of CEO/management
No sense of balance between work and personal life, extremely intrusive.
Needs more focused art/design direction.
Tasks are heavily micro managed
CEO's roles are spread way too thin; seems to be from lack of trust in senior staff

Advice to Senior Management – You need to believe that your employees will work hard and passionately regardless of your over management. Refocus company goals and solidify team direction and product design.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Airy Labs

Pros – Chance to take on different roles
Get to see company being built from the bottom
Challenging tasks
Get to work with smart idaelistic coworkers

Cons – No PTO and forever on "crunch time" (12+hrs everyday)
No work life balance or respect for employees personal lives
The founder's parents watch everyone like hawks to make sure everyone is working all the time
Very sad to see smart coworkers get burnt out and disillusioned

Advice to Senior Management – There are very smart people in airy who can do much better if they arent micromanaged
You might get better results from happy employees instead of trying to make everyone work and work all the time

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Airy Labs

Pros – Very helpful, cheerful and awesome coworkers
Educational games, way better than random mafia games
Good location
Good office space and resources
free bagels and coffee
High standards of design

Cons – low pay
poor management
art is approved by people with no/minimal background in art
90% Asians?
new hires interviewed by fresh graduates/inexperienced employees

Advice to Senior Management – Hire a manager who has experience managing startups

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Airy Labs

Pros – The magement team reminded me of my parents. They were tough, but they cared about my health and showed random bouts of affection (buying snacks, ice cream). They asked for a lot, so I was constantly focused and I think I became more diligent as a person while I was there. I definitely noticed a change in my habits - I did things as soon as I thought to do them, rather than putting them off until later.

I loved my coworkers. They're great, funny people, and are fun to hang out with.

Cons – That being said, the management were unlike parents in that they definitely didn't love us. They asked for work hours that are probably normal in the country they're from, but are not okay here. I don't think they adjusted for culture difference. That's how I'm choosing to look at it, anyway. The time and efforts they asked their employers to put in did not align with the pay they handed out (somewhat understandable as they are a young start-up) or with the appreciation they showed.

I wish they would understand that everyone who joined did so because Airy Labs holds a wonderful vision. We employees were/are there to help them work toward this vision because we believe in it too. The employees are definitely not in it for the money. Many of us sacrificed family time we can never get back to build their vision, which we made our own. The ones who couldn't take the work load left right away. It'd be nice if the ones who stayed were shown more appreciation and human kindness.

Advice to Senior Management – Please, please don't be too proud to let go some of your old school values. We want you to succeed. But we're human and we have other needs, too. Your entire life may be with the company, because your family is in it, but ours aren't. We are already dedicating an insane amount of our lives to something that, in the end, benefits you more than it does us. Please, please listen to other opinions.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend