NVIDIA Reviews

Pros

Lots of Bright people, cool technologies

Cons

Taxing at times, still a small company mentality

Advice to Senior Management

When Nvidia is looking to enter into volume spaces like Mobile, tablets they should think like volume provider and not like Niche player

Pros

There are many talented people in the company and good resources to learn and grow. It's also relatively easy to switch areas.

Cons

US HQ controls everything, and offsite management doesn't do much to change it. We can only work on side projects.

Advice to Senior Management

Respect employees more. Ask for a person's opinions before just tell him/her what to do for the next 6 months.

Pros

Great place to work. Cool products. Very creative and intelligent employees.

Cons

Employees have to work a lot of hours.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay attention to those who work very hard.

Pros

good in general case so far

Cons

working environment is good, climate is perfect

Advice to Senior Management

HR is kind of slow

Pros

Cutting Edge Technology.
Passion to innovation and creation.
Uptodate with the market needs.

Cons

Whimsical Management.
1 Bird in a hand is better than 2 birds in a Bush.

Advice to Senior Management

Strategic Alliance with employees.
Respecting vision and values across all the locations.

Pros

good recruitment. good standard of co-workers.

Cons

compensation, benefits, no 401k etc

Advice to Senior Management

none

Pros

Operates like a startup - you learn a lot. Very fast moving - everyone is expected to make a decision and ask for forgiveness later.

Cons

Salaries are not so competitive. Hard to get title promotions. Lots of changes in focus, but eventually for the better.

Advice to Senior Management

Middle management has a lot to offer in terms of knowledge on the ground. Sales team has tons of people who should not be working there.

Pros

Jen-hsun is an incredible leader with a vision that has made the company the giant that it is today.
Innovation that sets the direction for all others to follow.

Cons

With growth comes problems, the company is not the nimble leader as it was 10 years ago. Now it is bogged down with folks more worried about how the look to those above them then how good the product is. There is an added expectation that you work around the clock since we are a global company. This has lead to have a big negative impact on my family where vacations had to be cancelled all for the sake of a KPI that was never achievable in the first place.

The pay is bellow market and in the past options were to make up for that. Now with RSU’s the stock grants are a joke and the pay is still subpar. The biggest problem is the required time you have to put in. When you work for NVIDIA, your life is not your own. It is theirs and it will burn you out like no other.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop pushing for 80hr's of work to be done in a week.
Move pay up to be at least to market.
Give folks a reason for how hard they need to work instead of the 'Because I said so' answer you give now.

Pros

Fast paced, you see complete product within a year which is rare in semiconductor industry. Flat structure.

Cons

A lot disorganized in terms of project management. No or extremely less career guidance.

Advice to Senior Management

Higher management should ask for more employee feedback to incorporate changes that might help grow employee satisfaction.

Pros

Very interesting work. Smart people are everywhere here. The products you make will create a buzz in their respective industries. Nice name recognition when talking to other engineers with respect to your company if that matters to you.

Cons

The downside to working at NVIDIA would include working with the occasional arrogant person which would be true at just about any company.

Advice to Senior Management

In general, I think they get more right than they do wrong. Reward people who have put in a long grind to get a project finished. Don't overlook people. I know it is easy to overlook someone's efforts but it can be really toxic when one person is overlooked and other team members notice it.