*Bell Curve Ranking of Top 10%, 25%, Middle, Bottom 10% often ends up ranking good people bad. BUT, they have made recent changes to minimize this
*Due to the Bell of the Top 25%, you could be a great employee (26th best out of 100 for example) and have a hard time getting a promotion or salary increase
*Matrixed organization often finds multiple people doing same job or similar things, Hard to completely own something on your own
*Great senior leadership doesn't always cascade down to your VP, Director, or Manager. A substantial # of Mgmt doesn't follow the same culture and objectives as the senior team
*Culture & Expectations can vary from organization to organization or from team to team. You really can't use one experience (even a positive one) to be indicative of another.
*Competitive salaries but they will never pay you the top top dollar.
*Not going to make it rich off any Stock Options in the short term
*Could be more "fun"
*No Free employee shuttle or sponsored shuttle from Fun San Francisco to Boring San Jose like most big tech companies in the Bay Area provide
*Acquired companies often don't get the same perks/advantages as those already fully integrated
