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Updated Jan 1, 2023
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Found 77 of over 81 reviews
70% Recommend to a Friend
72% Approve of CEO
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Pros
- "Great benefits, great company culture, and HR department that truly cares, competitive pay, fun company events, great perks." (in 3 reviews)
Cons
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- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Great place to work!!!
Dec 20, 2022 - Staff Software Engineer in Santa Clara, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Really strong technology and execution team. People are very humble and strongly connected, amazing culture. Core business is strong and underrated for it current position and future
Cons
Will update if I find out something.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Not sure whether startup or matured company
Dec 1, 2022 - EngineerRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
2 main pros: (1) This place does try to do well for its employees regarding benefits. The COVID response was reasonable. (2) There is a decent work/life balance
Cons
Many. Politics played here are horrible - as one person said "some employees actively want products to fail". Priorities change too quickly to fix the many problems present. Most people are dissatisfied with company performance after a year or two. Lots of growing pains from quick, unplanned growth. Most new people don't know the product or how it works. Senior leadership acts approachable but only a few truly seem to care about feedback.
Continue reading - Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Great benefits, great company culture, and HR department that truly cares, competitive pay, fun company events, great perks.
Cons
Company still finding their way in regards to processes and business opportunities
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great people to work with!
Cons
CEO is very crass. Making fart jokes during meetings. Cussing and swearing repeatedly anytime he is in the office. He is friendly when you have a one on one interaction with him. However, his lack of filter is really unprofessional.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Company that Cares
Jul 8, 2022 - Anonymous Employee in Santa Clara, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
If you want to work for a company that cares, truly cares for employees - I would recommend Picarro. Meet the managers and team and determine for yourself, do not base your decision on reading reviews of a few disgruntled folks who do not portray the right picture. I made a decision to join Picarro by meeting the team and I don't regret it a bit. The company has been here for 20+ years, and is self-sufficient, having long-tenured engineers that are ready to help and grow fellow engineers. CEO is breath of fresh air, rather than company politics, he has the courage to point out the elephant in the room and is also not afraid to address it. He has the vision to take Picarro to the next level.
Cons
None. General growth pains, nothing unusual.
- Current Employee★★★★★
review engineering
Nov 30, 2022 - Software Engineer in Santa Clara, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
good technology used for projects
Cons
better detailed planning of projects
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Innovative place to work and learn.
Cons
Can do much better given the huge opportunity in their domain.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Amazing
Sep 19, 2022 - Administration Assistant in Los Angeles, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Best workplace! It’s is super friendly and clean as wellz
Cons
Trouble with scheduling shifts sometimes.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Great people to work with Decent benefits Work-life balance Management takes good care of people
Cons
Nothing for the moment yet
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Micromanagement, most terrible workplace I've ever experienced - wish I had read all these negative reviews earlier
Jul 26, 2022 - IT Support Specialist in Santa Clara, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
- Free lunch twice a week - Stock options are so diluted that they are worthless - Easy money if you do not ask questions, just obey your manager, and always take the blame
Cons
- Abusive, manipulation, and exploitation, all the way to the top. Very toxic working environment - Bullying behavior is baked into this company's culture - This company is going nowhere as it has been around for two decades and still not making a profit
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Picarro has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 81 reviews left anonymously by employees. 70% of employees would recommend working at Picarro to a friend and 79% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 14% over the last 12 months.
70% of Picarro employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Picarro 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Picarro to be career development, culture, benefits and the cons to be compensation, management, senior leadership.
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