Applied Intuition reviews

3.4

53% would recommend to a friend

(163 total reviews)
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Qasar Younis

77% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Applied Intuition has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 163 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Applied Intuition employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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163 reviews
1.0
Mar 30, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Everyone that clears the interview bar and joins are really intelligent and great to work with. Things do get done. Business is good.

Cons

Many recent hires close to Series E got the raw deal with the really high price required to exercise and it seems like that exercise price was not clearly communicated to many of them and were sidelined as they got the price only after they joined. At this stage and with Applied's okay-ish growth trajectory compared to the stock market, it's a terrible financial deal. If you are joining the company now, it's not worth it with stock options. At the current offer and stock option numbers, you're basically signing yourself into indentured servitude if you want to exercise the stock. The recruiters will throw buzzwords and numbers at you, but you need to step through the numbers and calculate whether it makes sense. Many people I know that joined at this stage regretted it. For the hours and especially for those with especially toxic managers it's not worth it. For external recruiters doing reference checks on managers leaving Applied Intuition, I highly recommend getting as many reference checks on them from their reports as possible. Applied has created an environment where toxic management thrives – simply pushing people and extracting as much value out of them as possible without care for the person itself. Many people that do make it to be managers did so because they're people without lives outside, who thrive under the unkind and toxic environment, and are not empathetic. Be careful when recruiting anyone that managed here as Applied has ranks top on having one of the most toxic management and leadership in tech. The company does not provide any other additional company holidays (not Thanksgiving, not Christmas) beyond the federal holiday minimum. You're left to contend with a pathetic 15 days of PTO. Sick days are at 6 (if you need more, you have to dip into PTO first). Apparently Applied also gives only California's legal minimum for bereavement. The majority of the company is unhappy with our compensation and the CEO would fight back, saying well, these come from our newer hires who just have not seen as much stock growth. You don't even have enough PTO to prepare for interviews. You work 50-60 hours a week. You're literally forced to work on weekends or stay responsive on slack. The really ironic reason why attrition isn't higher is because people simply don't have the time and energy to do well in other interviews once you start working here. If you can pass the interviews here, you can clearly get better options elsewhere. At this stage, it's just not worth it. Run.

1.0
Mar 28, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Smart and hardworking people - Not running out of money

Cons

- Any attempt to give feedback to leadership is turned back on you ad your thinking as deemed as "not a good culture fit". People who report this are just told to "change their mindset" - It's usually people that have been here for a while but have not done any actual work in years that are given kudos: Most others are stuck doing the actual work but these people who scan your work and are noisy in Slack right before meetings that reap the raises and promotions. - Incompetent people without the right qualifications in leadership: The company is unwilling to pay for people who are qualified for certain roles so promote someone with little to no experience to head departments/ lead large teams. They are even more unwilling to admit that certain people's roles have outgrown them as the company has scaled. These people are the ones that stay because they could never get the role elsewhere but it leads to horribly run teams and rampant incompetence.

1.0
Mar 24, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Applied goes off a lot by its elitism, having managed to get employees with good credentials and backgrounds. This elitism helps in customer sales and demos and the business is doing ok.

Cons

Applied runs more as a sales company than a product or engineering company and it shows in the constant rushing of engineering before other employees have to cover up the tech debt. Stock growth and business is good, but not anything better compared to other high growth startups or even big tech companies after dilution. There are quite a few managers who lack emotional intelligence and empathy and just shouldn't be managers, but remain because they're just been at the company for far too long and got themselves into a position where they cannot be easily replaced. If you are an immigrant on a visa or have to go through the green card process, avoid this company. They use the process as a leverage against you. PERM is only initiated one year after you join (unless you clearly negotiate this) and is up to the whims of your manager to decide whether to initiate this. You have to pay for your own premium processing as well. It is a constant air of uncertainty and fear that the company can leverage against you at any time, in a company with little psychological safety. Management and leadership routinely dismisses feedback and concerns from employees, and turnover as not a good culture fit and simply does not have the empathy to understand. After the Series E, it's simply not worth it to join with how expensive the stock is to exercise. If you can already pass the interview process here, you can get far better options elsewhere

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