Gatik reviews · checked 28 Oct 2026
Is Gatik a good place to work?
Mostly. Gatik is a well-funded self-driving truck firm offering local routes, home daily, and weekly pay, but many drivers are agency staff, recent reviews report cut hours and thin training, and its trucks now run without a driver. Steady hours are not assured: Indeed reviewers report weeks of about 30 hours where postings promised 40 to 45, many drivers are agency staff rather than Gatik employees, and Gatik took the safety driver off its commercial routes in 2025.
, RobotTraining.jobs shows 11 Gatik jobs open, typically paying $25 to $30 an hour (median $25).
Gatik, reviewed
Researched October 2026 · 17 sourcesIt pays $25–$30/hr for a typical job (median $25/hr).
Actively hiring, pay independently measured from its live feedGatik AI Inc. is a private self-driving truck company in Mountain View, California, founded in 2017 by Gautam Narang (CEO), Arjun Narang and Apeksha Kumavat. Its Isuzu box trucks haul short freight routes for PepsiCo, Walmart, Kroger, Tyson Foods and Loblaw. Isuzu invested $30 million in 2024; a $200 million round in August 2026, led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch, took its total to about $500 million. It has about 350 staff.
Drivers are hourly, full time, on local routes, home daily, paid weekly; each posting states its rate. Most postings require being open to agency partners (one is marked contracted); HireArt has staffed its operators on its own benefits. Indeed's salary page (it can count job ads) averages $26.86/hr for Gatik truck drivers (92 reports).
Glassdoor (all staff, mostly office and engineering) 4.1/5 (87 reviews) · Indeed 2.6/5 (5 reviews) · Blind (office and engineering staff) 1.0/5 (6 reviews). Read October 2026.
11 open roles on Gatik, independently checked 28 Oct 2026.
Mountain View, CA (headquarters); operations roles at freight sites in Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Michigan, Nebraska, California and Ontario, Canada
What people praise
- A driver on Indeed (September 2026, 5 stars) called it one of the best driving jobs they had held: no long haul or nights in the cab, point-to-point runs, home every day, standard shifts and good pay.
- Another Indeed reviewer (September 2026, 5 stars) described a supportive team, approachable managers, solid pay and hands-on work with new technology, a good way into the autonomous vehicle industry.
- On Glassdoor, where most reviewers are office and engineering staff, Gatik scores 4.1/5 and about three in four reviewers would recommend it (figures as shown in search results).
What people complain about
- An Indeed reviewer (May 2026, 3 stars) said hours were being cut to about 30 a week where the posting promised 40 to 45, and that truck maintenance was not being done.
- A driver (Indeed, September 2026, 1 star) described 13 to 14 hour shifts starting at 3:20 AM, three or four days a week with the days never known ahead, and weak training from the in-house trainer.
- An operator (Indeed, August 2026, 1 star) cited no structured training for new hires, favoritism and heavy turnover; a July 2026 reviewer said rules change without notice and staff take the blame.
- Blind rates Gatik 1.0/5 from 6 reviews by office and engineering staff (October 2024 to September 2025), citing micromanaging founders, slow decisions and rampant turnover.
What has gone wrong
- January 2026. Gatik took the safety driver off its commercial routes in mid-2025. By January 2026 trucks ran with no driver or safety observer in Dallas-Fort Worth, Phoenix and Northwest Arkansas (10 on public roads, with hundreds planned by year end); its Ontario freight for Loblaw still ran with a safety driver.
- August 2026. Gatik filed 3 crash reports with NHTSA between April 2025 and September 2026, all with its self-driving system engaged (Lowell, Arkansas; Peoria and Glendale, Arizona): mirror contact with a passing truck and with a sign, and a tree branch striking the cargo box. No one was hurt.
Best for: Drivers with a CDL (DZ in Ontario), 3+ years of experience including a year in 26 to 30 ft box trucks and a clean record who want local routes, home daily, and a hands-on start with self-driving trucks. Not for: Anyone who needs a steady 40-hour week or fixed days, wants Gatik itself as the employer rather than an agency, cannot work rotating or very early shifts, or wants a driving job that lasts as the trucks go driverless.
Sources for this review
- Greenhouse API: Gatik's open postings with full text (67 roles), read Oct 28, 2026
- Gatik: Autonomous Truck Test Driver, Springdale, AR (agency partners, weekly pay, home daily, drug screen), read Oct 28, 2026
- Gatik: Box Truck Driver, Denison, TX (job type full-time, contracted), read Oct 28, 2026
- Gatik: Autonomous Vehicle Test Driver, Santa Clara, CA (rotating shifts, background check, drug screening), read Oct 28, 2026
- Gatik: DZ Driver, Local Routes, Ajax, Ontario, read Oct 28, 2026
- Gatik: Fleet Dispatcher, Fort Worth, TX (12-hour shifts), read Oct 28, 2026
- Career.com: HireArt posting for a Gatik Autonomous Vehicle Operator, Sherman, TX (posted Oct 30, 2025, closed Nov 30, 2025; HireArt benefits), read Oct 28, 2026
- Glassdoor: Gatik AI reviews (figures as shown in web search results; Glassdoor blocks direct reads, and older snapshots showed 3.8 to 3.9 from 83 reviews), read Oct 28, 2026
- Indeed: Gatik reviews (figures as shown in web search results; Indeed blocks direct reads), read Oct 28, 2026
- SimplyHired (Indeed-owned): Gatik company page, Indeed reviews and salary data (one review is from an unrelated home-automation firm of the same name), read Oct 28, 2026
- Blind: Gatik company reviews, read Oct 28, 2026
- Wikipedia: Gatik (founders, history, customers), read Oct 28, 2026
- Gatik: Isuzu invests US$30 million in Gatik (2024)
- TechCrunch: Self-driving truck startup Gatik raises $200M following PepsiCo deal (Aug 25, 2026)
- Gatik: Gatik becomes first U.S. company to operate fully driverless trucks at scale for commercial deliveries (Jan 27, 2026)
- Insurance Journal (Bloomberg): Autonomous trucking firm Gatik inks contracts worth $600 million (Jan 28, 2026)
- NHTSA: Standing General Order crash reports for automated driving systems (data file, April 2025 to September 2026), read Oct 28, 2026
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Gatik's job board, measured
We read this board daily and set it beside every other employer we follow: how many jobs it posts, how many of them name a rate, who can apply and how quickly listings disappear.
On 27 Oct 2026, Gatik had 11 open roles: 1.0% of the 1,124 open at the 84 employers RobotTraining.jobs tracks, the joint 10th highest count.
Taking each week's closing count, Gatik moved from 12 open roles on 4 Oct 2026 to 11 by 25 Oct 2026.
Between 30 Sep 2026 and 27 Oct 2026, Gatik put up 0 new listings and took down 1; its open count moved from 12 to 11.
None of its 11 open roles are open to people applying from anywhere (0.3% at other employers); all are restricted to certain countries, the United States chief among them (named by 90.9%).
Gatik next to the rest of the market
Next to every other robot training employer, how big is Gatik, what does it pay, who can apply and how fast do its listings turn over?
| Measure | Gatik | Other employers | Rank (1st = top) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs live on 27 Oct 2026 | 11 | 1,113 | joint 10th of 84 |
| Share of the whole market | 1.0% | 99.0% | joint 10th of 84 |
| Newly posted in this period | 0 | 147 | joint 32nd of 84 |
| Kinds of work listed | 1 | 7 | joint 28th of 84 |
| Open roles with a posted hourly rate | 90.9% | 28.0% | 30th of 84 |
| Median advertised pay | $25/hr | $25/hr | joint 10th of 21 |
| Open roles accepting any country | 0.0% | 0.3% | joint 2nd of 40 |
| Median days up before removalSmall sample | n/a | 58.3 days | n/a |
Weekly count of open roles at Gatik
Are Gatik's robot training listings growing or shrinking from week to week?
| Week | Open at week's end | New listings |
|---|---|---|
| 21 to 27 Sep (back catalogue)Partial week | n/a | |
| 28 Sep to 4 Oct | 0 | |
| 5 to 11 Oct | 0 | |
| 12 to 18 Oct | 0 | |
| 19 to 25 Oct | 0 |
Common questions about Gatik
Is Gatik a good place to work?
Mostly. Gatik is a well-funded self-driving truck firm offering local routes, home daily, and weekly pay, but many drivers are agency staff, recent reviews report cut hours and thin training, and its trucks now run without a driver. Steady hours are not assured: Indeed reviewers report weeks of about 30 hours where postings promised 40 to 45, many drivers are agency staff rather than Gatik employees, and Gatik took the safety driver off its commercial routes in 2025.
Is Gatik legit?
Yes. Gatik AI Inc. is a private self-driving truck company in Mountain View, California, founded in 2017 by Gautam Narang (CEO), Arjun Narang and Apeksha Kumavat. Its Isuzu box trucks haul short freight routes for PepsiCo, Walmart, Kroger, Tyson Foods and Loblaw. Isuzu invested $30 million in 2024; a $200 million round in August 2026, led by Qatar Investment Authority and Koch, took its total to about $500 million. It has about 350 staff.
Does Gatik pay?
Yes. Employer career board verified live on October 28, 2026 (67 open roles at check). Payouts: Employment and payment terms are stated in individual job postings. Drivers are hourly, full time, on local routes, home daily, paid weekly; each posting states its rate. Most postings require being open to agency partners (one is marked contracted); HireArt has staffed its operators on its own benefits. Indeed's salary page (it can count job ads) averages $26.86/hr for Gatik truck drivers (92 reports).
How do employees rate Gatik?
Glassdoor (all staff, mostly office and engineering) 4.1/5 (87 reviews) · Indeed 2.6/5 (5 reviews) · Blind (office and engineering staff) 1.0/5 (6 reviews), as read in October 2026. Praised: A driver on Indeed (September 2026, 5 stars) called it one of the best driving jobs they had held: no long haul or nights in the cab, point-to-point runs, home every day, standard shifts and good pay. Criticised: An Indeed reviewer (May 2026, 3 stars) said hours were being cut to about 30 a week where the posting promised 40 to 45, and that truck maintenance was not being done.
Has Gatik had any problems or incidents?
January 2026: Gatik took the safety driver off its commercial routes in mid-2025. By January 2026 trucks ran with no driver or safety observer in Dallas-Fort Worth, Phoenix and Northwest Arkansas (10 on public roads, with hundreds planned by year end); its Ontario freight for Loblaw still ran with a safety driver. August 2026: Gatik filed 3 crash reports with NHTSA between April 2025 and September 2026, all with its self-driving system engaged (Lowell, Arkansas; Peoria and Glendale, Arizona): mirror contact with a passing truck and with a sign, and a tree branch striking the cargo box. No one was hurt.
Does Gatik have jobs open now?
Yes. Its public job board has 11 Gatik jobs open (checked 28 Oct 2026). Taking each week's closing count, Gatik moved from 12 open roles on 4 Oct 2026 to 11 by 25 Oct 2026.
Who is Gatik a good fit for?
A good fit: Drivers with a CDL (DZ in Ontario), 3+ years of experience including a year in 26 to 30 ft box trucks and a clean record who want local routes, home daily, and a hands-on start with self-driving trucks. A poor fit: Anyone who needs a steady 40-hour week or fixed days, wants Gatik itself as the employer rather than an agency, cannot work rotating or very early shifts, or wants a driving job that lasts as the trucks go driverless.