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A typical day of work would include rushing to my desk, clocking in on ADP and immediately start placing orders for prototype materials and tooling.  Arrive early, work through lunch and stay late.  Work from home after hours and on weekends 

What I learned from my experience there was the more hours I put in, the less I felt appreciated.  It actually took a toll on my health and well-being. as well as my family who I felt like I'd been avoiding.  The stress that the job caused, created a very high impact on my social life.  

As far as management goes, it's about a 50/50 split.  50% good; 50% NOT so good.

Workplace culture is very diverse, although many of the employees hired there are from a large electronics corporation.  With that being said, there are a lot of the "other life" practices in place, which in turn causes "cliques".  If you're not with a particular "in crowd" then you're not going to be working there for very long.  Just my opinion of course.

The hardest part of the job was constant pressure to do more and fast.  Although I was very capable of doing so, when being rushed, yelled at and publicly humiliated by management, I tended to make mistakes at times.  I would admit my mistakes, but that was never acknowledged as a valid reason.  We're all human, and we all make mistakes.  Owning up to it is what any professional would do, and I did.

The most enjoyable part of the job was being part of something unique and amazing.  Excellent pay and benefits.  Lots of very creative and talented employees.

I thrived under the right management at Magic Leap, and sank faster than the Titanic under incompetent replacement management (replaced because C staff weren't getting along creatively).  This company has all the potential in the world to be a game changer, and the amazing developer companies and professionals with whom they're partnering are truly the most exciting in the world. However, without the right creative visionary leadership, they're floundering, and arguably not designing a remotely accurate marketing plan for the right early adopter demographic. If you have the opportunity to work for this company, it's absolutely something to consider (for the benefits alone), but still a gamble depending on where you are currently, because at this point it seriously may not exist in a couple years.  Magic Leap risks being lapped quite easily by larger behemoths such as Apple and Samsung in a very short period of time.

One of my favourite jobs due to the people I worked with, in the beginning of my employment. The dynamics changed significantly when they moved into their current office. Work-life balance was good depending on your manager, for some it was awful. Mismanagement is all I have to say about management. Lots of virtue-signalling on certain months. It was a very political environment, which turned into a lot of distrust from many. Magic Leap became very HR focused. The salary was mixed. I was paid well but know others in similar positions who were paid very poorly.

Came into the organizational excited and willing to work long hour days and build something amazing. Which I have already done in other companies.Then quickly realized you are working long hour days and wasting your time, for all the politics and disorganization. When you can forecast a situation in advanced and tell management, then get ignored or yelled at. The common theme is cover your behind. Lastly the nepotism is ridicules. Plenty of people with experience in the field, while the person next to them has a Masters. I am amazed that they didn't or don't check for degrees.

Pro: Magic Leap is a great place to learn if you can get a jr. level position or internship. Very relaxed dress code, catered breakfast and lunches 3x weekly, competitive pay. Unlimited PTO, 100% medical coverage.


Con: Management is very unorganized and plays favorites, So be prepared to work your a**  off and stroke ego's if you're the new guy. Many contractors complain about going weeks without pay. Things change daily and management doesn't take responsibility for failed projects. High employee and management turnover. Company appears to be running low on funding and investors are pulling out. ML1 is overhyped and overpriced for what it actually does.

Magic Leap is an exceptionenvironment for software developers. You will work with some of the top minds in their field and the culture encourages hard work and the best effort from everyone. 

The Magic Leap One product is the current state-of-the-art for Augmented Reality and there are many secret entertainment products in the pipeline. 

If you become a "Leaper" make sure you manage your own work:life balance, because the company has a bottomless appetite for software work.

Complete joke, worked there for a month and was let go, management has no incentive to help you become a better and productive employee. The job was bad case of musical chairs constantly trying to find work tasks in order to stay busy. Managers hardly speak a word of english, a lot favoritism and nepotism among themselves and who the new hires are especially if you are of a certain individual. Same goes for their security personel. Makes you wander how do they allow certain like that to work a high position. Add insult to injury if you're a temp they will make you feel lesser. So glad to be out. THANKS VERY MUCH BUT NO THANKS!!!!

When I interviewed for Magic Leap I agreed to work the second shift which was Monday through Friday. My schedule was constantly changing and affecting my health and personal life. On a typical work day I was interacting with other employees and gaining experience through my job. There was poor communication between the managers and the employees. For example, I would come into work and the shift was canceled. When I confronted our manager about the miscommunication they would reschedule our shift for the weekend without notice.

Early on, the environment was satisfactory, however, once shareholders began taking over the company, the culture was lost. The company maintains some office benefits such as food and good work areas. They also provide employees with whatever supplies are needed. There are also good paid benefits. However, Job security has always been a stressful factor. There is also a lot of mismanagement to avoid productivity. Management, especially upper management, actively destroys useful and productive projects, while supporting projects that are impossible to produce promised results.

Production managers are not very educated
Production is not up to speed on technology and innovation
Production Management do not listen to engineers
Engineers with degree are hired and treated as technicians
Production staff are hardworking
Production managers do not behave very professionally
The company present itself as top tier with over 2 billion investment but the hardware production is run like sears auto shop or worse

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