Would Not Recommend - Anonymous employee Shield AI Employee Review

1.0
Jul 25, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Leading the industry in AI technology

Cons

Little to no regard for employee workload, stress, or work-life balance. If you've heard the saying "It's like building the plane while you fly it" this is definitely Shield AI...expect the plane you are trying to build and fly at the same time is also on fire and you aren't trying to keep it from crashing on a daily basis.

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Shield AI Response
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Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback, your perspective is valuable to us and we are sorry to hear that your experience has not been exceptional. Shield AI is a fast growing start-up with a valuable mission of protecting service members and civilians, and we are growing fast which is very exciting. We do care about our employees and are working to ensure there are appropriate resources for employees to address workloads, stress and the appropriate work-life balance. We will continue to improve our operational foundation and communication and most importantly work to ensure our employees know how valuable they are to Shield AI.

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Cons

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A majority of the company is filled with good-willed, nice, curious people across AI, aviation, geospatial, engineering and instructional spaces.

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Too many of the operational decisions are made by sof guys with virtually zero experience in any of the fields relevant to the company...including strategic operations or even tactical isr. Too many has-beens used to working with no oversight. Money and equipment constantly disappearing. The company is like a toddler walking around in their parents clothes. Poor scaling. Almost non-existent safety considerations. Prior service in corporate is always something that needs to be addressed but the amount of sof guys this company employees just so they can put "elite" in every tagline is ridiculous. They complain constantly just to freeze or meltdown in the lightest stressful situations. Virtually unteachable so they are removed and elevated into positions that avoid that dynamic. We can't get people to stop being vindictive bigots every time they are corrected or called out for lying in a meeting to save our lives but we sure will platform the latest self-help garbage from some other hack of a seal because so-in-so met him once or likes his podcast.

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