Does Aurora Innovation pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Aurora Innovation employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Aurora Innovation. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Aurora Innovation?

50% of Aurora Innovation employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Aurora Innovation 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Aurora Innovation?

Software Engineer (43) , Senior Software Engineer (13) , Engineer (9) , Software Engineer II (8) , Global Supply Manager (GSM) (4) , Intern (4) , Operations (4) , Systems Engineer (4) , AVOS (3) , Hardware Engineer (3) , Manager (3) , People Operations (3) , Software Engineer Intern (3) , Software Engineer(Internship) (3) , Software Engineering Intern (3)

What are the pros of working at Aurora Innovation according to real employee reviews?

"The culture is great: co" ((in 26 reviews)); "Good benefits, although stock will soon likely be worth nothing" ((in 21 reviews)); "brilliant coworkers" ((in 15 reviews)); "Great pay but may not match FAANG+" ((in 15 reviews)); "The team I work with is great." ((in 14 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Aurora Innovation according to real employee reviews?

"Many managers are "tech" ((in 13 reviews)); "Hard goals for product delivery are set in stone, and middle management either misrepresents the challenges to achieving those goals or is not listened to by leadership." ((in 5 reviews)); "No 401k match?" ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Aurora Innovation redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Aurora Innovation redundancy and their outlook for job security at Aurora Innovation in 2026.

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3.5

50% would recommend to a friend

(271 total reviews)

Chris Urmson

82% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.4

Diversity and inclusion

3.3

Culture and values

3.1

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

Aurora Innovation has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 271 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Aurora Innovation employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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271 reviews

2.0

16 Jun 2026

Great benefits and team, but toxic leadership issues

Global supply manager (gsm)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good benefits, unlimited vacation. The team I work with is great.

Cons

Leadership is toxic. I have never seen a company wanting to the see the worst in people. So much negativity it’s overwhelming.

2.0

5 Jun 2026

Startup-like environment with no defined processes

Global supply manager (gsm)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

None, I have had a hard time understanding why are we working like a startup company.

Cons

Very much operates like a startup and no process or policy is defined and high turnaround

3.0

3 Jun 2026

Good people and tech, but chaos and long hours

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good people and frontier technologies

Cons

Chaos management and long working hours

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Great benefits and team, but toxic leadership issues

Startup-like environment with no defined processes

Good people and tech, but chaos and long hours

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