Bureaucratic hell if you end up as a Quality Analyst - Software Quality Assurance Engineer NVIDIA Employee Review

3.0
Jan 23, 2017
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Pros

Amazing product roadmap with a push towards Self Driving Cars and Machine learning. The startup culture and speed at which the company aligns towards new markets is commendable.

Cons

Do not get into QA. The amount of bureaucracy you will face is surely going to bring the morals down. Its as if being in a dictatorship with folks in upper management trying to control the way you work. Micro managing every aspect of your life and penalizing you for a simple report having an unapproved Subject line. The HR does not bother as the folks who are responsible for the mess are too high in a position to be replaced. Heavy attrition of skilled folks leading to a dilution of talent. And suppressing the talented folks from growing in the Org is clearly visible. Management cooks up data to show otherwise like nobody's business and those who can resolve this are usually hogwashed into believing the data is factual. At the end of the day, the real engineers are too afraid to come out openly on all the micro management as they are torn between working on cutting edge technology and dealing with their Managers

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NVIDIA's PTO and Sick policies are compassionate and generous. Managers listen to employees' ideas. Employees get to work on a wider variety of projects than expected, and usually work closely with other teams to get things done. Collaboration is tight almost all of the time.

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Employees don't always get insight into why they were assigned a particular project, or have much if any choice about what projects they get to work on. Managers are often too busy working on projects themselves to have the free time to meet with employees on a regular basis. This leads to short-term, reactive thinking rather than long-term visionary thinking.

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The product security organization has a very ideal work-life balance. The culture is strong on ownership and trust. There is a good sense of pride and collaboration across teams with low level of politics and high sense of "the project is the boss". Compensation is good for the roles. Merit increases and promotions are mostly transparent, but can vary from manager to manager.

Cons

Leadership direction can be whiplash at some times. Some initiatives feel directionless, while others feel misguided. Leadership does respond to push back and listens to employees though, but it often feels like managing up.

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