Q&A With SmartDrive Systems Employees

Excellent. People are great to work with.

Culture is great at SmartDrive. The people are the reason you want to work here.

Employees at SmartDrive respect and admire the CEO, Steve Mitgang. He is focused on building SmartDrive into a world class business and at the same time creating a positive work environment.

Hes nice. Nothing

It's called PTO freedom and is "as you need"

Not applicable

dogs allowed

what company outings?

they advertise it to be "you can wear what you would be wearing at home", which made me chuckle when I first read it.

yes, talk to your manager.

freedom

HR onboarding is a couple of hours, then it depends on the team you land in

standard, but sadly the PPO option is much below standard than what I have been used to in previous companies. The copay and out of pocket are very high.

The ability to work with public cloud providers

it varies on the individual and the type of position, and on how well the candidate can negotiate

there is decent flexibility for remote work, and it depends on the teams, but there is still some negative connotation to it, as the company has very much been an "in office" shop traditionally.

standard

standard

benefits are pretty standard, there is nothing that really stands out

One must be comfortable with the context switches required to handle incidents in the middle of planned work.

I wish I had been provided with more details about the bonus plan

Veterans, active duty.

background check

within a week if selected for a phone screen

Usually same/next day

Annually, based on performance.

Great, hardworking people.

Developing technology that saves lives.