Toxic Work Environment - Machine Learning Engineer Helm.ai Employee Review

1.0
11 Oct 2024
Recommend
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Pros

There are lots of smart people. Some are working on really cool novel technology. Business outcomes seem fairly promising, feels like we are delivering value to the customer.

Cons

- Horrible Work life balance. One could expect to work weekends and nights consistently. - Terrible use of resources. Many engineers are working on data labeling tasks for long periods of times (weeks, months). - People get let go on a whim fairly regularly. - No real culture. I know nothing about my coworkers. You sign in, do your job, and log off. I don't get the sense that anyone is happy or excited to be here. - Compensation is low. PTO policy is tight. They are stingy about logging days and accrual, which is fair. Though it leaves a bad taste in my mouth when we're expected to work weekends and nights for deliveries.

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5.0
11 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Incredibly talented team, with deep expertise in AI, mathematics, software scaling, and mechanical engineering. - Work at the forefront of AV development. - Very fast paced environment, with project turn arounds of a month or less. - Remote team, with almost around the clock team support given the global network. - Team holiday parties and get together for project deliveries to get to know your team mates. - I approve of the CEO and leadership team.

Cons

- At times it may be a lot of work. However, for a team of this size, and for the technology being developed, it is understandably necessary in order to stay at the forefront of AV. Personally, I enjoyed the amount of work and was able to learn and grow a lot.

4.0
18 Jan 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, especially from a small startup. Fully remote. Talented peers to learn from. Work / life balance can be good, but depends on team.

Cons

Inconsistent communication from leadership. Legacy code base and growing technical debt. No 401k matching.

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