Fast career growth, but poor WLB and hustle culture
Pros
- Fast career growth, learn a lot. - Many opportunities to make a direct business impact. - Most teams were either remote or hybrid. - Free DashPass, I guess. - $75 gym/wellbeing monthly stipend. - Good diversity and inclusion.
Cons
- Extremely fast-paced and hustle culture, poor work life balance. Many of my colleagues worked overtime and on weekends/holidays. Company values speed over quality, so many projects that shipped are garbage, just for the sake of shipping. - Priorities changed many times per quarter throughout the year, so it was difficult to track personal growth over time. Made me wonder what's the point of quarterly planning if priorities will shift anyway... This also meant many of my projects were discarded despite weeks/months of work. - Minor, but benefits and perks are also terrible compared to other tech companies. No DoorDash credits (just DashPass), and company swag is very cheap quality.
