A shadow of its former self. Run for the hills! - Senior Software Engineer Roku Employee Review

2.0
May 15, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People in Cambridge office are exceptional Great pay and benefits

Cons

While there are some talented people in US, middle management can be extremely toxic and will make clear under no uncertain terms that you're there to shut up and do as they say. The "trust" culture that Roku was famous for is long gone. Sticking your head up will be surely met with incredible resistance and your ultimate dismissal so you should join only if you're happy to be (and treated like) a drone. No long term vision other than a couple of quarters ahead, they'll do anything to please the investors, who cares if the products/platform are becoming worse and worse just to extract more pennies out of advertisers.

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5.0
May 31, 2026
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Pros

Direct and open environment. Great people

Cons

Comp program is not great. no annual inflation adjusted pay

1.0
May 16, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Pay is good to start (never changes though) -Benefits fully covered for single employees, mostly covered for spouse -Stock is currently up

Cons

People are miserable and actively hate each other. Very few people are happy (maybe some engineers?). The rest of us are tired and beat down from constant change, reorgs, and projects that go nowhere. Leadership isn't aligned. VPs scrabble for power. Direction changes. Projects get killed. The cycle repeats. The looks on faces you pass in the hallway say it all. Everyone I talk to is miserable and looking for another job. That may not be the case for all departments, but is certainly isn't an isolated experience. The company cares more about RTO swipes and AI logins than keeping good talent. And they track both weekly. If you fall below an arbitrary percentage (which you're unable to see for yourself) they have reasonable cause to fire you without severance. Which they do often. RTO is currently at 4 days a week and expected to go to 5 any day now. All for a culture of scrambling for conference rooms and sitting in traffic. Whatever you're hired to do, you won't be trusted to do it. If that sounds fun, this is your place! If you're actually good at your job, go somewhere you'll be valued.

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