Pros
- Some great, friendly people around to balance out the oppressive, corporate atmosphere. - Good perks in the office (food, snacks, beer, etc.). - Pretty good work/life balance. - Engineering team is talented and the CTO is awesome. - HQ in San Ramon is in a good alternative location than the usual Bay Area tech company locations if you live in the East Bay. - A few of the high-level VP executives are great people and should be the ones to replace the current C-levels. - If you're an old buddy of the CEO, congratulations on the easy job and lack of accountability!
Cons
- No more than 2 - 2.5% annual raises. No bonuses for most employees. - C-level executives really need to be replaced with nicer, more savvy professionals who can focus on operations rather than sales. - Friends of the CEO are appointed to cushy jobs with zero accountability and 2-hour work days. - No working from home (unless you're an aforementioned Friend). - Extremely poor financial and acquisition planning. 30+ people, including excellent performers at HQ, were laid off following the acquisition of small companies of dubious value. - There is a feeling that nobody is safe from layoffs. Some of the best employees I've ever worked with were laid off because of poor financial planning. - The company has almost not made payroll a few times! - Government clients are often difficult to work with and still operating with 90s-era technology and 50s-era bureaucracy. - Focused on short-term gains and an IPO that will never happen.