How to drive a company into the ground - Software Engineer II Amperity Employee Review

1.0
6 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I think every year I've been here I update my review and it loses another star. If I averaged out my whole experience at this company over 4-5 years I'd give it 3 stars, but if you started here tomorrow it's a solidly 1 star experience. What's still working well: hardly anything. I used to say "the people" but essentially everyone who made this place enjoyable to work at has left and the remaining few are two-feet out the door. The benefits are still decent but they've scaled back everything to the bare minimum in recent months and call us "entitled" for complaining.

Cons

The original CEO has returned after leaving for what was widely known as problematic reasons and has driven the little bit of culture this place had left directly into the ground. There is an antagonistic relationship between leadership and employees. Feedback is actively discouraged (they will pretend otherwise, but their actions do not support their words) and you are looked down upon for speaking out. Everything is on fire all the time, everyone who knew how it all worked has left, and the remaining few who have stayed and survived layoffs are expected to hold it all together with a fraction of the resources and zero of the moral support. Absolutely no career growth in the engineering org, and year over year raises are nearly nothing. Are there worse places to work? Sure, but at least those places pay better.

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5.0
13 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Amperity has fantastic benefits-- recovery days, fully covered medical for the employee, vision & dental, commuter subsidy, snacks & drinks onsite, etc. - Self-managed PTO - Three-day onsite hybrid working model for those located in cities with offices - Passionate, intelligent, respectful, fun team - Top-of-the-line product - Yearly opportunities for the entire company to connect in-person - Ownership mindset-- pave your own way - Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) available to foster connection - Intentional career growth emphasis with formal internal mobility policy

Cons

- Turbulent few years-- leadership losing the trust of employees - No 401k match yet

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Amperity Response
1w
Thank you for sharing your valuable feedback. We appreciate your insights on both our strengths and areas where we can improve, and we remain fully committed to listening to our teams to build a better workplace culture.
2.0
26 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- interesting problems to solve - solid, motivated engineers - strong customer base

Cons

- constant churn in strategy - ruthless, recurring reorgs - out of touch, narcissistic senior leadership - limited career development opportunities

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Amperity Response
1w
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback from your time with Amperity. We are pleased to hear that you found the engineering team motivated and the technical problems engaging, but we are genuinely saddened to hear that your experience with leadership and organizational shifts left such a negative impression. We take our workplace culture, leadership transparency, and employee development seriously, and your insights regarding communication and team stability provide valuable takeaways for our executive team.
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