As a software engineer you'll be expected to work 45 hours a week without any any additional compensation. Not comp time, not additional pay, and not even thanks. The CEO is determined to grow the company by 30% per year to attract investors for when they inevitably go public. Due to the overwork and rush jobs required to grow at that rate, by the time they do go public, you won't want anything to do with any of the products. No one outside of engineering is held accountable for anything. The lowest ranking (and lowest paid) folks on the business side are allowed to commit the company to anything and everything. Including delivery dates for features or fixes that they do not even understand. Then the fact that they set the expectation with the client is used as a whip to force engineering to do whatever is necessary to deliver on their commitments. Sales will say or do anything to close a deal, and it's engineering that has to deliver on it, but engineers do not receive bonuses as a rule. Design by authority is the norm. That is, the CTO or chief architect will dictate the vast overarching direction and products to use, even when every single engineer is in agreement that it's a bad idea. As an engineer you'll be required to fill out detailed timesheets that while initially spun as a way to schedule things, is now used to enforce de facto 45 hour work weeks. Nobody else has to do them. The referral bonuses are pathetic compared to other software companies in the area. They don't value their employees enough, or treat them like people, but rather as interchangeable parts.
