Axon Reviews

Cons

The company is sales heavy and engineering is not really a glamorous role is. Also, lots of people who are pro 2nd amendment.

Cons

This company is always looking to prevent it's self, but if they keep certain people that are really controlling the work environment they will never more past and move forward. If you want to move up in this company you will need too know the right people or you will get over looked every time.

Cons

Too many to list.
Politics. Never have I experienced such politics in any company as this one. Its not about learning, becoming better at your job nor effort. It all comes down to politics and at Axon, they are especially dirty. People will throw you under the bus to not make themselves look bad. Worst part is, management is so incompetent they have no idea how to deal with people using these tactics nor tell if they are lying.
Career advancement is obsolete at this place. The only way to get ahead is to try and make everyone around you look bad. And people do that whether its through lies or backstabbing. Managers are so manipulable that I have personally seen people get fired because colleagues spoke poorly of someone. Then of course we are all told its due to performance. Try to get ahead through decent means, getting advice from managers on how to advance your career, and you will regret it. Only way to get ahead here is to play their game of politics. And that usually doesn't last long either. They go through managers and employees like dirty laundry. Disposing constantly and replacing with more incompetent managers.
Sales, are some of the most unethical people. Slimy tactics, constant pressuring of agencies. Even had Phoenix police put a stop to Axon contacting them because they couldn't accept having lost a bid. Sales will lie and do anything to get a sale. If they don't they will find someone to blame at the company, behind their back of course. You cannot trust anyone at this place.
I once said I didn't know something, and I had someone in the Learning and Development team tell me "you're supposed to say you know even if you don't. Just fake it, that is the Axon Way". I knew instantly, if the learning and development team is telling me this then there is something seriously wrong here. I've had colleagues tell me they stay out of everyone's way, do their work quietly and try to not talk to anyone not necessary. All because of the politics of this place. You never know when someone will come after you because you are an easy target.

Nothing makes sense here. Pay is unaligned with market. Ask for a raise and prepare to get terminated. Interested in a new position and have experience? They will hire an outsider who has no experience in that area. A few years ago they started hiring all these execs from big tech companies. I am not sure if they do anything or its just to show that Axon has people from Apple and whatnot. They must of obviously been paid millions to join. Well, can't say I feel sorry for them, but they have no idea what they walked into. This also shows how Axon doesn't grow its employees. All of these execs came directly from outside the organization. No one from within.
But, that is the Axon way. Lie, cheat, terminate and repeat.

Cons

Toxic culture. No one talks to each other. They would slack you if you are just sitting next to them. PRs are full of nit-picks, scope-creep. The engineers think they are right about everything when in fact they are just mediocre. Don't let them bring you down to their level.

Cons

Burnout machine. You'll get average compensation while the fantastic mission is dangled in front of you to get you to work even harder.

Cons

This is the epitome of a "good ol' boys company". They are growing so quickly that they're infrastructure and capabilities are not keeping up to speed. The existing executives are getting overwhelmed and have become obsolete, and are out of their league. They don't know what's needed in the organization to drive continued growth and understanding of their customers. They are so concerned about the bottom line that they are cutting, and "being scrappy" on key functions that are essential to the expansion and continued health of this company. Be cautious of the Seattle team, they are DIFFICULT to say the least. New ideas are not well accepted, and the ego in that division is out of control. These guys think they walk on water, and refuse to accept new ideas that will transform their organization. Make sure you understand what you're getting into, your manager, and your job - I was mislead tremendously. Would have NEVER joined this company had I known the reality of what I was in for.

Cons

High growth means everything is moving rapidly and while there weren't too many policies/procedures set in place when I arrived, it was amazing to have a role in creating them.

Cons

Before I started working at Axon, I told one of my friends where I was going to work. Her response was a freakishly a foreshadowing "that's a scummy company, are you sure you want to work for them?". Little did I know....Here's some candid facts about Axon:

-Culture of Fear & Paranoia: It all starts with the culture of fear and paranoia. Without a drastic change in culture, this place will always be the same. Ongoing jokes about who is going to be fired next. Is it really worth coming to a place to work wondering if you will be next? This actually causes anxiety in employees. But HR and management are to blame. They created this culture of fear and paranoia, and they feed it.

 -Toxic environment
Just watch Killing them Safely. They nailed how toxic this place is. Why do you think they 'changed' their name to Axon? They may have changed the name, but they can't change the reputation nor the culture. It is still the same toxic place it always was.Can't trust anyone. Constant back stabbing, constant firings, never know who said what to who to give them a bad rap. Bullying: rampant, almost encouraged

-Mid Management:
Extremely unprofessional and unqualified for positions.
I've seen numerous people be let go due to mid managers not able to manage and unqualified to make decisions

-Diversity?
HA! Good luck finding at least a woman in a higher position. Everyone looks the same, thinks the same, acts the same. LGBT? Don't even think about it. Total bro-culture here.

- Employee Value
Employees are not valued. Unless you are an LDP and went to Harvard or Stanford. Only exceptions. Other than that, you could have a Phd in your profession but someone with a bachelor in psychology will be running your department with absolutely no work experience. They don't value education.

-Seattle Office
Seriously guys, with so many awesome options in Seattle, don't waste your time with Axon. First, the office there is extremely boring and dull. Don't fall for Axon's recruiting gimmicks to fill the gap of engineers. If you are an engineer, there are so many options in Seattle for you to waste your time here. Plus, everyone at HQ hates the people in the Seattle office. Most are pompous, pretentious and treat HQ people like crap.

-ENGINEERS
You have so many options out there! Go to a reputable, respectable company. This is a horrible work environment for engineers! Products constantly breaking, pressure to fix without proper tools and backstabbing environment. Recruiters make it seem like its a dream job and company. Trust me: it is NOT

-Sales
Non-STOP firings! This is the most volatile department. If you even make it past 1 year, the sales cycle is so slow that it can take you well over a year to even start seeing any commission. You build pipeline, you build relationships months and months and nothing, or you get fired before you can claim your commission. You can't even count how many sales people get fired. Not worth the stress, the time wasted, nor the pay.

- Career Opportunities
If you are buddy buddy with an upper manager, maybe. If you actually have qualifications and can prove it, forget it. That's not how it works here.

-Finance
This is the most fiscally irresponsible company out there. Horrible management of its finances. Last year, board members got on upper managements case about this. So what did they do? Lay off a ton of people over a two day period. In all areas, all departments. Oh but you sure as hell didn't see any of the execs give up part of their 700k + salaries. And they don't care who they get rid of. You could be there 6 months or 16 years.

-Legal:
Scummy legal team that fights tooth and nail every time the company gets rightfully sued. These are the people that would defend an intruder who sues a home owner for cutting himself on the glass he smashed to break in...that kind of scummy

Sad to see a local company being managed so corruptly. It is a shame for Arizona that such a corrupt organization has its HQ here.

Cons

Pay needs to be restructured. Temp contractors are making close to the same wages.

Cons

- Some growing pains, in regards to continuity of teams. But, they have put in place great communication tools like Voxer, Slack, etc. Additionally, they continue to have sales conferences and many other opportunities to network; both professionally and socially.
- Hard to get hired, they are very selective. This is actually a positive, because they are attracting top-tier talent.