Great Teams and Peers, Emphasis on Personal Growth, and Great Company Outlook
Pros
* Positive energy, buzz in work environment (partially fueled by us doing well financially, too) * Hardworking, motivated peers. In all departments. * Collaborative work environment - lots of joint design sessions, peer review. * Emphasis on personal development as well as delivery of product * cash bonus incentives to complete selected Coursera courses in AI, security * management sees learning as a priority, to stay current with technologies (especially in ML, which is a fast moving field nowadays). Valued when some of your time is spent learning and exploring new ideas. * management is always looking for ways to improve - even forming a book club to absorb and exercise best practices in management * Emphasis on iteratively improving our products and process (Agile) * Comfortable office, makes you want to get there early and stay late * fully catered continental breakfast and healthy lunch everyday, plus full snack shelf, variety of changing drinks, and espresso machines * on-site gym facilities * open lighting in office * lots of open space for people to migrate to with their laptops, for a change of immediate surroundings * Experienced management team, working hard to close deals, demonstrate our value to the world
Cons
* No work from home policy, but this was made clear during the interview process. * Employees are asked to take a 1/2 sick day for doctor's and dentist's appointments. * No adjustable height tables - many employees use an IKEA stand to make a standing desk, and don't have an option to quickly switch to a sitting desk. Why not just spend the few hundred dollars per person to get adjustable table tops? * Feel a little detached from Human Resources - why don't we have a corporate directory with employee pictures, and an employee org chart yet? * At the end of some days, we have lots of leftover food that are probably thrown away. We should have saran wrap or foil, and encourage people to take food home rather than have it go to waste. The environmentalist side of me speaking. * Unclear if there is enough time in schedules to cut down on accumulated technical debt, due to fast incoming priorities and deadlines. This is common to all tech companies, but I need more time to see if this is worse or better than other places.
