culture going downhill - Research Engineer Helm.ai Employee Review

2.0
Jun 9, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

- the company is working on exciting problems - Technically competent leadership - Engineering first culture

Cons

- the company is depending on one main customer. Expanding the customer base has proven to be challenging - No consideration given to the employees. A few employees(junior and on work visa) got fired out of the blue. No warning or severance were given. The only discernible reason was that a “director” did not like them. - Below market compensation. Moreover, many (top performing) employees have not gotten a raise in years. - No effort to address the growing technical debt leading to a “work harder not smarter” culture.

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5.0
Jan 11, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Incredibly talented team, with deep expertise in AI, mathematics, software scaling, and mechanical engineering. - Work at the forefront of AV development. - Very fast paced environment, with project turn arounds of a month or less. - Remote team, with almost around the clock team support given the global network. - Team holiday parties and get together for project deliveries to get to know your team mates. - I approve of the CEO and leadership team.

Cons

- At times it may be a lot of work. However, for a team of this size, and for the technology being developed, it is understandably necessary in order to stay at the forefront of AV. Personally, I enjoyed the amount of work and was able to learn and grow a lot.

4.0
Jan 18, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, especially from a small startup. Fully remote. Talented peers to learn from. Work / life balance can be good, but depends on team.

Cons

Inconsistent communication from leadership. Legacy code base and growing technical debt. No 401k matching.

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