Worst company I've ever worked for....Sick management and NO CULTURE whatsoever - Anonymous employee Align Technology Employee Review

1.0
Oct 16, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Stock (not performing so well recently though....) 50% off on Invisalign treatment (not everyone needs it though....)

Cons

Management have no trust or care for people, they use intimidation instead of encouragement to motivate people. Agreed with a previous review that if you like to be publicly embarrassed or humiliated on a regular basis, this is the place for you. Micromanagement, favoritism and politics are noticed everywhere in Align, doesn't matter which regional office you work for. A lot of talented people have left the company. Upper management holds to resources and are not willing to share with their employees, they don't really care about people not even to mention your career growth. No work life balance, overtime is considered "normal" by all executive members. Align is definitely losing its competencies not because of the Silicon Valley environment or pressure from competitors, but because of the poor management and sick working environment/culture. **Not recommended to any job seekers. You guys all deserve much better!!**

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Cons

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Pros

It used to be a good company who made a premium product, with smart coworkers, interesting tasks that involved a lot of math problems, with detailed code reviews. It still has generous PTO, sick days and a discounted lunch (in Raleigh office).

Cons

Management changed and there is an ongoing optimisation with hidden layoffs / force quits with no severance. Biased performance reviews with high expectations. Frequent goal changes and useless projects that will eventually be terminated and the whole team will be shuffled or dismissed. Complete delivery mess. Left hand does not know what the right hand is doing. Knowledge transfer sucks. The only way to understand the feature is to dig into the code (bad for newbies). New unqualified and arrogant low-level managers and team-leads, hide their uselessness on endless meetings, blah-blah-blahing with no real impact just to add visibility. A lot of stress, 5 days from office in an open space with no remote option even for new parents. The base is low with no stocks. Pro-Russian company, previously based in Moscow, relocated the whole office to the US and Europe due to sanctions during Russian-Ukrainian war (they recently laid-off a few Ukrainian guys).

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