How are career development opportunities at Waymo?

It has non-toxic culture. The collegues are really talented.

Due to limited product diversity and the technical direction that Waymo has chosen, the career growth opportunity at Waymo is limited compared to other big techs in AI.

Great innovative space and extremely great people to work alongside

They do not treat contractors well. Multiple contractors have been at the the company for 2-3 years, with no visibility to conversation of full time employment. They hire externally for promotions and desired positions. Even among full time employees I seldomly saw promotions or career progression.

Knowledgeable and helpful peers, Great mission and safety first vision, Product is really scaling and helping people get places safely, Competitive pay and all Google perks.

Overly bloated management, average appreciation for work and exceeding expectations, little growth opportunity. They'd rather hire from outside that help someone internally grow into higher roles.

Product is cool. Subset of google perks.

1. Low TC, plus stock is not tradable, making your cash income even lower. 2. Share price drops, fund raising not going well. Future is not clear. 3. Career growth can be limited in production team since self-driving has many unique challenges that are difficult to solve but doesn't give you transferable knowledge to other problem domain.