Great people, no culture - Senior Software Engineer Apollo GraphQL Employee Review

3.0
3 Aug 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lot of smart kind people to work with, flexible work schedule and time off. The folks here are passionate about what they do.

Cons

Culture comes from the top, but for a 200+ company there seems to be a lack of that. The culture is just emphasis on sale sale, sale, which I get as a saas company that would be the focus, but makes us feel like soulless robots. Leadership is consistently reactive in their company strategy vs building a strategic roadmap so the teams feel the whiplash. There is still an issue with collaboration even at a company at this scale.

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5.0
21 Sept 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- good work/life balance if you put boundaries in place - decent pay - high autonomy - great coworkers - interesting problems

Cons

- work/life balance can easily go awry if you're not diligent - uncertainty across the industry about AI also means directional shifts

4.0
20 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Great people to work with - Supportive leadership - Targets that are challenging, but attainable

Cons

- Market-fit can be a moving target - Feature Speed to Market - AI presents a massive potential to grow, but it is still very early in proving out. - Licensing Structure v. Open Source alternatives put big pressure on value Apollo can charge.

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