Pros
The brightest engineers, full stop.
Cons
The CEO is a petty narcissist, that freaks out whenever there is an incident, and shows zero trust in his team. It’s been a known problem for years. No one does anything about it, because they are afraid of him, which is strange, because he’s not a particularly charismatic or intimidating person. Leadership openly asks managers to write positive Glassdoor reviews, and responds to negative reviews by suggesting employees take it up with their manager. Unfortunately, there is a culture of managers not listening to employees, so nothing changes. CEO is obsessed with creating an “office culture”, but can’t seem to describe to anyone what that means. Leadership loves to toss around the “seat on the rocket ship” analogy, but blatantly ignores the fact that rocket ship level engineering requires rigor, deliberation, transparency, and often, moving slower to make sure the right engineering is being done. The company lurches from one incident to another, never really learning from mistakes, yet is obsessed with growing quickly. Disaster in the making, and the best employees are leaving right and left.