Avis sur Palantir Technologies

Avantages

Lots of travel Opportunity to interact with clients Standard Silicon Valley perks, even outside of Silicon Valley Everyone here is hard-working (but read below!) Extremely good marketing

Inconvénients

Internal politics is difficult to maneuver across the commercial umbrella. Teams have complex, implicit structures while leadership claims that teams are flat. Emphasis is put on aesthetics and impressiveness over utility in certain teams, and especially in early teams ("pilots"). Little opportunity for software development. This is not usually a software development role. Little opportunity for analytics.... This is not usually a data science role. In many teams 60 hours is the norm, not the exception. Quality and morale suffer. Palantir is not a startup -- there is no "lottery ticket", so 60 hours should not be the norm. Work is client-specific, and is not usually challenging, innovating, or exciting. There is little room for learning/growth. Certain teams could be more collaborative and open. I had to go out of my way to get constructive feedback here than at other similar companies. Many of these same teams do not have knowledge of the areas they work in, and are proud of their ignorance. Palantir insists it has a flat corporate structure. It exists, it's just implicit. The pro-bono work Palantir highlights is not indicative of the work most people do. Though Palantir is also not as evil as some people seem to think... Pay for full-time positions is below market rate.

Conseils à la direction

Clarify team structures, and focus more on long-term success rather than short-term gains. Hire more subject matter experts.

Avantages

Lots of smart people to learn from and people are not scary. Lots of interesting work and many people have different backgrounds.

Inconvénients

No cons except if you are scared of everyone then it might be bad since one cannot talk to anyone which would affect performance

Avantages

Good food Intelligent people to work with Nice space Friendly

Inconvénients

Middle management is a mess. There has been many unnecessary conflicts due to incompetence in middle management. Workers are extremely full of themselves and must always emphasize that they are the "best". QE feels the need to emphasize their "importance" while devs blame their errors on others. I repeat; devs are always blaming others!!! While there are great people at Palantir, there are also cliques that like to... "party hard and go drinking" and brag about it in the workplace quite obnoxiously.

Conseils à la direction

Stop promoting incompetent leads.

Avantages

Great culture at Palantir Technologies

Inconvénients

I haven't encountered any cons yet

Avantages

- Some of the smartest people you'll ever work with. - Great opportunities to travel and work on a variety of problems. - A lot of people on Glassdoor are saying the pay is low. I disagree, I think it's fair. Company bonuses every year are generous, you get free food all week (breakfast, lunch, dinner), and you can live rent-free if you agree to deploy away from your home country. - Plenty of opportunities to... work from home.

Inconvénients

- Work can sometimes be a bit mundane, even if the problem spaces the company is working in are interesting. - Work life balance can sometimes be a bit rough before deadlines.

Conseils à la direction

Keep the interview process rigorous and difficult

Avantages

- Benefits were outstanding - Great people, most were helpful and happy to answer questions

Inconvénients

- Not a great work/life balance (but manageable).

Avantages

Great people, office perks & benefits

Inconvénients

No work - life balance

Avantages

Engineers that are talented both technically and in terms of product intuition, very difficult and important application areas.

Inconvénients

Working long hours is necessary for job advancement. Difficult to speak about your technical work publicly, which makes it hard to be part of the broader engineering community.