Pros
- There are some really amazing people you can have an opportunity to work with and learn from - They make a genuine effort to ensure gender pay equality, racial equality, etc. - They offer unlimited PTO, and you actually get to use it - Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks provided - $50 monthly gym stipend - Starting to offer more continued education benefits
Cons
- Many teams have a very muddled vision and don't work cohesively with other teams - Mediocre monetary compensation and no 401K match - Company org structure is a mess - Spotty interview process, radio silence for weeks between interviews - My role and responsibilities are drastically different from what I was pitched during my interview - A lot of senior people have left and taken with them invaluable information because see below... - People preach transparency, but there just isn't a culture of proper documentation. Information you need is often buried in an unshared google doc, or isn't written down at all - Data structures are set up very poorly; unnecessary learning curve because of ridiculous nuances in the data - Don't bother trying to send pre-reads because very few people here will actually read - Too many meetings for the sake of meetings - A very showy culture. People take credit for work they didn't actually do. but just sat in on those meetings. You really have to advocate for yourself and brag about your accomplishments because everyone else does it. - Decision making is laggy - They say you can WFH, but it really depends on your team