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yeldarb 9y ago
Why do you still work there?
- KGIII 9y ago
  Given that someone archived their post, that may no longer be an issue.
olivermarks 9y ago
Thanks for providing real world insight into this marketing puffery. Would love to hear your thoughts on Tesla's maturity...
QAPereo 9y ago
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- grzm 9y ago
  Please don't use URL shorteners as it obscures the destination URL. Edit to add: Also, if the intent was to reveal what was deleted, I would lean on the side of respecting someone's right to retract what they said. We've all said something that we regret saying. If you think there's something untoward going on, you can contact the HN mods via the Contact link in the footer.
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- mamurphy 9y ago
  The comment had to have been deleted in under 5 minutes. I'm impressed by the quick archive.
- smnscu 9y ago
  > Cruise employee here. throwaway for obvious reasons. It needs to be said that this is entirely marketing smoke and mirrors. The Cruise platform is significantly behind most other players in the market, and is having many many technical problems because of shortsighted leadership on Kyle's part, including high level people quitting (the head of planning and controls left last month because of Kyle, and more are threatening to quit) The reason I'm saying this is that this sort of public "everything is fine, we are the best" posturing leaks inwards. The opposite is very much true. Employees are very upset with Kyle because of things just like this. I make no exaggeration when I say Kyle is a mean-spirited, selfish person in private, and is very quick to publicly take credit for the work of others that he has emotionally and verbally abused. It's truly one of the most toxic environments I've ever been a part of.
  - tmpnam7280557 9y ago
    This is accurate.
dtparr 9y ago
Because I like to be skeptical both ways, do you have any way to establish your bona fides as a Cruise employee while still being anonymous? Also, that sounds terrible. What's keeping you (or anyone else) there?
speps 9y ago
Why the change of heart on the comment? I read it, logged in to upvote and it was gone...
adrianmacneil 9y ago
Cruise employee here. I'm sorry to hear you feel that way. In my experience, Cruise is one of the most exciting companies to be working for today, and Kyle is easily the most intelligent, hard working, and reasonable CEO I have worked for. For sure, there is still a lot of work to be done before we can launch a full L4/L5 vehicle, but I would say with high confidence our platform is ahead of most other players in the industry, and I'm confident that we will be one of the first companies to launch AVs at scale. FWIW, Glassdoor seems to agree with me: https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Cruise-EI_IE977351.11,17.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Cruise-EI_IE97...
- senatorobama 9y ago
  This sounds a bit like damage control to me, but > Kyle is easily the most intelligent, hard working, and reasonable CEO I have worked for. Couldn't you be in a different management hierarchy to this purported employee?
  - adrianmacneil 9y ago
    Not damage control, just providing an alternate opinion. Yes, it's entirely possible that the commenter is (or was) an employee in a department other than engineering. We all report to CEO eventually though, so I don't think that would result in a significantly different experience.
    - tmpnam7280557 9y ago
      OP made accurate statements and expressed a sentiment that's typical at Cruise. Your "alternate opinion" is not widely shared.

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yeldarb 9y ago

Why do you still work there?

KGIII 9y ago
Given that someone archived their post, that may no longer be an issue.

olivermarks 9y ago

Thanks for providing real world insight into this marketing puffery. Would love to hear your thoughts on Tesla's maturity...

QAPereo 9y ago

deleted Hm. http://archive.is/VhWor http://archive.is/VhWor

grzm 9y ago
Please don't use URL shorteners as it obscures the destination URL. Edit to add: Also, if the intent was to reveal what was deleted, I would lean on the side of respecting someone's right to retract what they said. We've all said something that we regret saying. If you think there's something untoward going on, you can contact the HN mods via the Contact link in the footer.
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mamurphy 9y ago
The comment had to have been deleted in under 5 minutes. I'm impressed by the quick archive.
smnscu 9y ago
> Cruise employee here. throwaway for obvious reasons. It needs to be said that this is entirely marketing smoke and mirrors. The Cruise platform is significantly behind most other players in the market, and is having many many technical problems because of shortsighted leadership on Kyle's part, including high level people quitting (the head of planning and controls left last month because of Kyle, and more are threatening to quit) The reason I'm saying this is that this sort of public "everything is fine, we are the best" posturing leaks inwards. The opposite is very much true. Employees are very upset with Kyle because of things just like this. I make no exaggeration when I say Kyle is a mean-spirited, selfish person in private, and is very quick to publicly take credit for the work of others that he has emotionally and verbally abused. It's truly one of the most toxic environments I've ever been a part of.
- tmpnam7280557 9y ago
  This is accurate.

dtparr 9y ago

Because I like to be skeptical both ways, do you have any way to establish your bona fides as a Cruise employee while still being anonymous? Also, that sounds terrible. What's keeping you (or anyone else) there?

speps 9y ago

Why the change of heart on the comment? I read it, logged in to upvote and it was gone...

adrianmacneil 9y ago

Cruise employee here. I'm sorry to hear you feel that way. In my experience, Cruise is one of the most exciting companies to be working for today, and Kyle is easily the most intelligent, hard working, and reasonable CEO I have worked for. For sure, there is still a lot of work to be done before we can launch a full L4/L5 vehicle, but I would say with high confidence our platform is ahead of most other players in the industry, and I'm confident that we will be one of the first companies to launch AVs at scale. FWIW, Glassdoor seems to agree with me: https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Cruise-EI_IE977351.11,17.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Cruise-EI_IE97...

senatorobama 9y ago
This sounds a bit like damage control to me, but > Kyle is easily the most intelligent, hard working, and reasonable CEO I have worked for. Couldn't you be in a different management hierarchy to this purported employee?
- adrianmacneil 9y ago
  Not damage control, just providing an alternate opinion. Yes, it's entirely possible that the commenter is (or was) an employee in a department other than engineering. We all report to CEO eventually though, so I don't think that would result in a significantly different experience.
  - tmpnam7280557 9y ago
    OP made accurate statements and expressed a sentiment that's typical at Cruise. Your "alternate opinion" is not widely shared.