Pros
- Most of the people you work with are nice - PTO is 3 weeks annual to start(and you actually can take vacation -unlike those that claim unlimited vacation) - Once a month free lunch and occasional free snacks - Has a small gym and fitness classes offered by the building facilities (the gym is adjacent to the cafe's kitchen, most of the time, you come out from the gym smelling like burritos)
Cons
- Terrible Management (big boys club) - Top heavy (hired way too many VPs – who is doing the real work?) - Outdated mentality (old school, uptight, you name it) - 401K matching is absent until you hit your 3rd year anniversary (offer letter does not say it) - Your first 3 months is a probational period (that was also not mentioned) - You have to pay to wear jeans (It’s Silicon Valley – everyone wears hoodies – get with the times!!) - Experienced micro-management (this really depends on the team you are in) - Everything needs to run through one person to decide (the person with the most seniority gets to decide – this could mean that if you join and build seniority, you can get that respect) - Lack of respect – please respect your employees more, they are human too (so much finger pointing, politics, are we trying to get anything done? Every meeting is a shouting match and/or defensive game play?) - Medical Plan is a joke – even with PPO plan you have to pay a lot of stuff out of pocket - Used to have better people and mentors : almost anyone competent has left - Nobody sticks to the company values - why even come up with them?
