Pros
- The company has been profitable for years and has successful business model - Plenty of money is spent on perks like coffee bar or company events (the event team is awesome) and there is also a $5000/year stipend for education - If you are a 9 to 5 person, this is the place for you - Great mission, really helping a lot of people to improve their financial situation
Cons
This was once a great place to work for with dedicated employees who collaborated efficiently in a trustful environment. But then the company handled growth very badly: - hired executives from large companies (vs. promoting in house) whose first priority was to get their department “under control”. All they care about is how the higher ups see them and not what is best for the company and their team. Employees with independent opinion were sidelined, managed out or straightly fired. They quickly brought on their buddies from old companies and rotated them into position of power. As a result many of the long term employees who really cared about the company left on their own and remaining people are afraid to speak up or don’t care. - There is no consistent performance management across the company: some people work day and night and get no reward/promotion (or even get fired) while others basically do nothing without any consequences. The office is deserted before 9am and after 5pm. - There are teams where most members don’t even make it to their one year anniversary because the work load and managers are so bad. Yet, there is no consequence and managers in charge even get additional teams that report to them. - The politics mentioned in other reviews is absolutely true, there is a high amount of politics and backstabbing going on. - Time and energy is lost in endless meetings because people are afraid to make decisions or happy that there are none so they can continue to have a cushy job.
