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Aurornis ◴[] No.45078217[source]
What’s the latest about Anduril’s work environment? They’ve been pushing vibes-heavy approaches to recruiting like making videos sneering at remote work and highlighting how quirky Palmer is, but the last I heard it wasn’t a great place to work. When I start seeing PR puff piece journalism about a workplace to make it seem extra fun, they’re usually compensating for something (low pay, long hours, bad work environment) in my experience.
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mingus88 ◴[] No.45078305[source]
It’s important to know that Andruil is culturally very similar to Palantir and is run by many ex-Palantir folk.

My experience with the latter is very outdated but assuming Andruil is at a similar phase of growth as Palantir was a decade ago, you pretty much nailed it

Someone correct me if I’m wrong:

Underpaid compensation, with a justification that they are only hiring people who are “mission driven”. Heavily military based culture with a “need to know” approach to projects and overreliance on acronyms to align thought. Perks are golden age startup perks with full meal service, massages, fitness classes, laundry because of you are looking for a 9-5 then this is not the job for you

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1. torginus ◴[] No.45081863[source]
Dunno what you consider underpaid, I doubt anyone outside of FAANG software people would consider $400k/year underpaid. I'm sure for people like analog/digital design engineers, mechanical engineers, CNC machinists (who you all need to build stuff like this), a salary like this is a windfall.
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