Sila Nanotechnologies Employee Reviews
Out of 919 Sila Nanotechnologies employee reviews, 91% were positive. The remaining 9% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Sila Nanotechnologies improve their work culture. The Finance team, with 100% positive reviews, reports the best experience at Sila Nanotechnologies compared to all other departments at the company.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
It has been an exciting time and I lok forward to making Sila my final job!
Review from Operations Dept
What do you like best about the leadership team?
They set ambitious goals and try to keep the company informed about our strategy and progress on a regular basis.
Review from Engineering Dept
They are open and communicative
I don't feel close enough to the executive team to know what I like best about them as a group
Genuine interest in the employees.
Review from HR Dept
I appreciate that our leadership team makes themselves accessible to all employees
Review from HR Dept
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Favoritism, supporting growth into other depts
Diversity, inclusion, communication (especially bottom-up and creative problem solving), transparency
Review from Business Development Dept
What is the best part about your compensation package?
Salary and equity. I don't really use a lot of the benefits.
The equity has grown significantly over time
Review from Operations Dept
The best part of my package is the equity options.
Review from Engineering Dept
Equity is accessible to everyone at the company (not just technical people or a specific managerial level).
best part of compensation is insurance
Review from Business Development Dept
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
Having some form of liquidity for the stocks would make a substantial difference in my life
Not comparable pay within same level of experience contributions. I would feel happier with a $15 to $20 K increase in pay.
Review from HR Dept
I'm not sure that people's broad scope of work is always taken into consideration when comp adjustments occur. Perhaps my work needs to be more visible for leadership. My team is also just paid less compared to other teams based on the market which doesn't feel good for the work being done.
Review from HR Dept
More compensation would make me feel better about my compensation. Bills are going up with inflation while my pay isn't. Taking on more responsibilities and developing more skills and knowledge to do my job better and helping create better systems to streamline information and getting a 'good job'..
When you get a title change, you do not get a pay bump. Then next time you are up for a review you fall into a range for how much your salary can increase. You are asked to do much more and have more responsibility in your "new" role, yet your compensation stays the same. Doesn't make sense
What are some of the best things about your team?
They work hard, are dedicated and smart, but also humble and considerate. Always willing to help.
Review from Engineering Dept
We're all very diverse and care about each other a great deal
Great team collaborators, most of the time willing to help when asked.
Review from HR Dept
My team cares deeply about one another. We are able to help one another out when things get busy because we have a broad set of skills.
Review from HR Dept
We win together; we look for the best solution for Sila instead of our own interests/egos; we work hard
Review from Operations Dept
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
It would be helpful if we had improved clarity around role boundaries and collaboration points. I would also like for us to practice giving feedback more directly, especially when it is constructive.
Showing any empathy would be a great place to start. Then, managers working to develop people and the product and commercialization team could pretend or at least to "Win Together." It feels like multiple technical and non-technical teams walk on eggshells around this specific department.
I'd be better able to complete my responsibilities if I had easier access to necessary information and systems. I'm experiencing needing to talk to several people across various levels to get the info I need to fulfill my role. If this were streamlined I'd feel less friction with my coworkers.
Due to COVID, it's hard to get to know teammates. Being on site when you're not in a lab is painful since we don't have good seating.
Be more team players and be more hard working and eager to benefit the team.
Review from Operations Dept
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
The culture is very social very inclusive. People are always willing to help even if outside of formal responsibilities.
Review from Engineering Dept
I'm encouraged to ask questions and people are happy to answer them / share knowledge. People are generous with their time and happy to help me with all kinds of things if I ask. Silazens like to share a lot and I appreciate that.
I really like the remote work. It has allowed me to maintain a healthy balance.
I admire how approachable the executives at Sila are and how they go above and beyond to support their employees.
Review from HR Dept
I appreciate that Sila takes time to have regular company wide events and supports smaller team building events. These events have been instrumental in keeping spirits up over the past few years due to COVID.
Review from HR Dept
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Better decision making practices. Getting used to being a bigger company & recognizing it's not practical to talk to every person before making a decision.
What did you like most about the interview process?
Getting to meet so many people.
The opportunity to engage with partners across the business and hear perspectives of how we might interact.
The End: It was an informative interview, and I had clarity of expectations. I met with the team in a two-on-one setting, allowing me to see people interact with one another. The volume of interviews left me feeling informed to make a decision. One or two fewer interviews would be more considerate.
I liked when it was over.
Review from Business Development Dept
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
Cut the process in half (1 F2F vs 2 F2F)
Review from HR Dept
What makes you most happy at work?
Seeing my team doing well and hit their goals.
Review from Engineering Dept
Seeing visible progress in my projects and seeing how my work improves the work experience of the company. Connecting with people across the org and learning new things.
I love the variety of work, projects and challenges. Great opportunities here at Sila. There's more work than people so there are lots of opportunities if you like to be challenged.
Review from HR Dept
The autonomy to be creative, problem solve, and implement solutions efficiently.
Review from HR Dept
Building structure that defines the company's future
Review from Operations Dept
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
I'm just feeling really tired and burnt out. More PTO would be helpful for where I'm at right now.
So much documentation for the sake of documentation. Too much discussion and consensus finding instead of getting stuff done. Artificial feel good atmosphere instead of honest feedback. Decision take forever, and are flip flopping, too.
Review from Engineering Dept
If this is referring to whether I'm excited about going to work, nothing is going wrong. I just don't get excited about work.
Review from Engineering Dept
Too much work and very little organization or prioritization which makes it frustrating to make progress or feel accomplished. Constantly putting out fires
Review from Engineering Dept
Management needs to help prioritize work.
What do you like best about your company?
My team, the challenge of the work and the innovation.
What would you most like to see improved at your company?
Decision making, "short staff" making decisions without context from the technical experts.