Align Technology reviews

If you are looking for a "move fast break thing embracing positive changes" type of culture like Google, Facebook, or other tech companies in the Bay Area - this is not Align. Align is doing amazing products, but the company culture is in the toilet. There's not really any culture whatsoever and upper management doesn't really care about their people. A lot of inefficient processes everywhere in the company and employees are always playing firefighters. Very old school management from upper management to HR. You can't feel that they really care about their employees at all, they focus more on expansion, revenue, and defeating the competitors. There are so many other awesome companies in Silicon Valley and Align must have a hard time attracting talents because our culture never stands out.

There is a lot. Work / Life balance: There is none. Next subject. Silos: Everyone kind of works in their own silo, hence people might be working on same type of project on different teams doubling the effort. Even when recognized, the Senior (I mean VP and above) management have their own unrealistic numbers to hit hence will not budge or slow down to get a complete understanding. HR: Folks HR in this company is a complete mess. Their main job is to replace the high turn overs that occur but that is pretty much it. Culture: I hear NC office is bit better but otherwise this place makes The Matrix office scenes look like Cochella. There are a lot more cons, way more. I seen people leave within 3 months here where their work history shows that they never left a company for shorter duration than 3-5 years. I seen people just leave. Like not give a notice but straight up just leave. And these are middle to upper management people. For anyone who gets a job offer from here and are considering it, I would advise them to do some research in Linkedin and see if there are current employees they can talk to in a very confidential manner. I would guarantee you that if they feel safe enough they will tell you that unless you need to repay the mob within a month, probably better to just keep on looking rather than take the gig at Align.