Tough but rewarding - Software Manager NVIDIA Employee Review

5.0
9 Jan 2017
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Pros

Good pay and equity opportunities, but working on cutting edge technology is very rewarding in itself. Not many companies are consistently "visionary" but this seems to be one. Not really any "lifers" taking up space waiting to retire, everyone is engaged and people mostly smile and say "hi" to each other in the halls. Be confident and have thick skin because if your idea or result is poor it will be called out. Note that this is a "pro".

Cons

Lots of work to do, the pace is energetic and things can feel chaotic. Amazing how a company with >10K employees can still feel like a startup sometimes with crude or non-existent processes. Tremendous growth means we're short on cubes and cafe is crowded, can't wait for the new building to open.

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5.0
2 Jul 2026
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Pros

Management is competent and actually cares about employee welfare. Jensen is the least sociopathic CEO I've ever worked under. The work has been interesting and I was actually allowed to do things right, and not just "right now".

Cons

The company is 3X the size it was when I joined, with all the usual problems of massive growth. And of course the AI hype at Nvidia is intense.

5.0
30 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

NVIDIA's PTO and Sick policies are compassionate and generous. Managers listen to employees' ideas. Employees get to work on a wider variety of projects than expected, and usually work closely with other teams to get things done. Collaboration is tight almost all of the time.

Cons

Employees don't always get insight into why they were assigned a particular project, or have much if any choice about what projects they get to work on. Managers are often too busy working on projects themselves to have the free time to meet with employees on a regular basis. This leads to short-term, reactive thinking rather than long-term visionary thinking.

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