A great place for masochists and abuse victims - Technical Writer II NVIDIA Employee Review

1.0
Aug 2, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The paychecks didn't bounce and I didn't get cafeteria food poisoning.

Cons

The mobile/Tegra division is a failure. The only company that uses the Tegra chip is Nvidia itself for its own niche products: the Nvidia Shield and Nvidia tablet. It's only a matter of time before this entire division is sold off or shut down. The documentation group merely cleans up engineering docs, adding punctuation and fixing misspellings. Its run by a sadistic micro-manager who will sabotage your projects so she can swoop in and play superhero to save the day. The only writers who stay are low self-esteem victims and masochists who believe the manager's dysfunctional behavior comes from her deep concern for their well-being. A classic abusive environment. If you're a masochist or someone who feels they deserve to be psychologically belittled, you'll find a home here. All others, keep away.

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