Don't recommend for excellent talent to join. If you just want a salary job, it's OK. - Anonymous employee Mapbox Employee Review

2.0
Sep 11, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Core product Studio is very competitive. But only this product. Others such as nav, drive, global access are all under development for long time and no clear progress. - Globalized culture, respect diversity. - CEO is very friendly.

Cons

- Low efficiency compared to other internet company, no deadline, can't delivery project on time. And even CEO can't manage it at all. - Organization change very frequently, no notice in advance. - Fake HR system. Actually they don't care you at all. No old staff retainment plan. I can see several excellent and loyal staffs left, so sorry for that. - Some team managers are very low quality. They just talk, no on-ground actually work, no strategy, no team spirit, no motivation to team at all. - Some engineers and team leaders are doing their own stuff during work hours. But on one care or no one manage that. - Some senior VPs are CEO's close old friends, be careful.

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5.0
Dec 8, 2025
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CEO approval
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Pros

* Supportive and collaborative environment * Few big egos, at every level people are supportive/collaborative (see point 1) * International perspective * Developer/open source community focused * Huge documentation focus because of the multiple time zones, which helps with good cross-team communication * Well organized HR and training so that onboarding is smooth * Good benefits, volunteer time off, PTO, relaxed atmosphere with professionalism * Well-established business with clear goals

Cons

* Can be difficult to coordinate meetings across time zones (on the positive, this leads to fewer meetings and better documentation/written communication!) * Lots of moving parts, can be hard to see across whole company

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3.0
May 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some of the smartest people I've ever worked with as colleagues. Really interesting technology and problem space. Remote work and ownership culture are highlights.

Cons

CEO micromanages, doesn't delegate authority, and rarely celebrates success. He is not an inspiring leader to work for. Planning procedures do not allow resources to be managed for Automotive, resulting in repeated misses on goals and a lot of reactive work.

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