Bear Robotics Reviews

2.7

39% would recommend to a friend

(78 total reviews)

32% positive business outlook

Bear Robotics has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 78 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there.

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78 reviews
1.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The people are the best part of the company. There are talented, hardworking, and genuinely committed employees across every department who care deeply about the mission and want the business to succeed. Many continue producing quality work despite significant organizational challenges. The robotics market opportunity is real, and there is a genuine path to building a successful company in this space. Unfortunately, talent alone cannot compensate for the execution problems above it.

Cons

The turnover rate is the single most important fact prospective employees should understand before joining this company. Employee departures are not isolated to one team, one function, or one period in time. Turnover extends across departments and management layers. High performers leave. Experienced operators leave. Managers leave. Regional leaders leave. When this pattern repeats itself over an extended period, it is no longer an employee problem. It is a leadership and organizational problem. A recurring issue is the disconnect between how the company presents itself externally and how it operates internally. Leadership often communicates a vision of a mature, enterprise-scale organization, yet many core processes and strategic decisions reflect a company still working through basic execution. Decision-making frequently appears reactive rather than strategic. Priorities shift with little notice, projects are started and abandoned, and teams are often required to redirect efforts based on changing executive preferences rather than measurable business outcomes. This creates confusion, inefficiency, and a sense of instability. There is a noticeable gap between rhetoric and reality. Significant emphasis is placed on narratives and future potential, while fundamental challenges remain unresolved. Customer needs, execution quality, product-market fit, and employee retention often receive less attention than they deserve. Sales execution remains a concern, and product development struggles to keep pace with customer requirements and market expectations. Internal politics can play an outsized role in decision-making, and employees quickly learn that raising concerns or questioning direction may not always be welcomed. This discourages honest feedback. Perhaps most telling is the tendency to treat departures as isolated events rather than symptoms of broader issues. The same problems resurface, and the same cycle continues. ***Anyone considering joining should conduct thorough due diligence. Speak with current and former employees across multiple departments. Pay attention to turnover, leadership tenure, morale, and the consistency between what is promised during recruitment and what employees experience after joining.

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Bear Robotics Response
7h
Thank you for taking the time to write such a thoughtful and detailed review. You named something important: Bear has many talented, committed people who care deeply about the mission. We agree that people are one of the strongest parts of this company. We also understand your point that talent alone is not enough if the organization around them is not operating with the clarity, consistency, and accountability they need. The concerns you raised around turnover, changing priorities, execution, customer focus, and whether employees feel safe raising concerns are serious. We do not want to dismiss them or treat them as isolated feedback. As Bear grows, we have to keep strengthening how we make decisions, communicate direction, listen to employees, and hold leaders accountable for both results and retention. That work matters just as much as building great products. If you are open to it, we would genuinely welcome a conversation to better understand your experience and where you believe we have the most room to grow. Feedback like this is hard to read, but it is useful if we are willing to learn from it.
3.0
Apr 21, 2026

Achieving

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good to engage multiple initiative

Cons

Unclear management communication and feedback

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Bear Robotics Response
7h
Thank you for taking the time to reflect on your experience after more than three years at Bear. We're glad you had the opportunity to work across different initiatives and take on a variety of challenges during your time here. We also appreciate your honest feedback about management communication and feedback. Clear communication shouldn't be something people have to guess at, and regular, actionable feedback is essential for helping teams succeed. That's an area where we know we need to continue improving as we grow. We appreciate you sharing both what worked well and where you saw room for improvement. Feedback like yours helps us build stronger leaders and a better experience for our teams.
1.0
Apr 7, 2026

Bad culture with no innovation

Recommend
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Pros

- free lunch and great office snacks

Cons

- Promos are extremely inconsistent with insane favoritism. They have a guidelines that they keep preaching but never use them when it comes to performance review. - Hiring bar is so low that they have engineers who commit demo/hacky code into production without any testing done, and they yell at you for pushing back - They tolerate extremely unprofessional behavior and inappropriate dress code

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Bear Robotics Response
7h
We appreciate you taking the time to share such candid feedback. The concerns you've raised around performance reviews, engineering standards, and workplace culture aren't small issues. If that's been your experience, we understand why you'd feel frustrated. Building a strong engineering organization means having clear expectations, consistent accountability, and an environment where people feel comfortable raising concerns and challenging ideas respectfully. Those are things that require constant attention, and they're areas where we know we have to keep improving as we grow. If you're open to it, we'd genuinely welcome the opportunity to better understand your experience and the examples behind your feedback. Those conversations help us identify where our processes or culture aren't matching the standards we expect for ourselves, and where we have the greatest opportunity to grow.
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