Engineering quality is great, but work/life balance varies greatly among teams - Software Engineer Clever Employee Review

3.0
13 Feb 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- superb engineering quality (most engineers are ex-FAANG) - meaningful work on a product that really makes a difference for students - coworkers are very social and it's very easy to make friends

Cons

- comp is much lower than average for SF - engineering department cares about results over people. this is shown by two things: 1. yearly reorgs where engineers have no say in what teams they're placed on 2. work/life balance is good on some teams but awful on others. when i told my manager that i was struggling with WLB, he responds "several engineers at my last company killed themselves. you should be happy that isn't happening here"

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5.0
22 Jan 2026
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Pros

- lots of support from peers and managers - fully remote - great culture

Cons

- high volume work can be stressful - overtime is expected

4.0
9 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Very generous with benefits, many opportunities to grow technically and to learn more about EdTech. Excellent work-life balance outside of busy season. Busy season still allows for a decent work-life balance.

Cons

Still operating like a startup, despite no longer being out of the startup phase.

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