Do yourself a favour and stay away - Software Engineer Mapbox Employee Review

1.0
Dec 13, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Work life balance is pretty cool

Cons

Everything else. Compensation is only okay. No bonus or anything else. Only RRSP matching (Canada) and stock options which for all you know can be worth next to nothing. They’ve been meaning to go public but nothing yet because they have more problems everyday. Extremely high turnover rate, which they think is because of their past problems but they are still deep in trouble. Take my advice and stay away like most new and more senior employees who made the wise decision and left. It’s run by all ex-Amazon employees - a.k.a Jeff bots - but it’s nowhere nearly as successful. Steve jobs said we hire smart people to tell us what to do, but mapbox managers tell you what to do so all the smart people end up leaving.

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5.0
Dec 8, 2025
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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
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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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