- Blame culture. A p0 incident resulted in termination of a engineer (with significant institutional knowledge and tenure) rather than a blameless postmortem
- Recent layoffs (3%) that occurred outside of the normal layoff cadence (annual layoffs around Fall) seem more reckless than strategic. Key engineers working on important projects for a strategic customer were laid off
- Senior leadership bypassed the management chain to pressure ICs directly into working weekends and late nights to learn AI tools
- AI token usage tracked as a performance metric. Engineers are monitored, not trusted
- Engineers are seen as a cost center, not a value driver
- Significant technical debt baked into the product with no clear plan to address it
- Large gap between what senior leadership understands and what the eng org actually experiences day-to-day
- In office requirements are not the best, taking into account LA traffic
- Work life balance varies across squads
- High turnover. If you've been with BuildOps for at least a year, your tenure is greater than 50% of the company.
