Pros
- Competitive salaries. - Smart, extremely talented and friendly colleagues who are eager to collaborate, share their knowledge and support where they can. - Within the product and engineering team, there are notable managers who excel both technically and in terms of people leadership.
Cons
- Toxic leadership culture, where senior managers neglect to cultivate psychological safety. Instead, they frequently resort to dishonest and condescending communication. Extremes of this behavior were events of senior managers gossiping about employees, or not having their direct report’s back during team members’ presentations in executive meetings. - Professional and personal development is utterly disregarded by management, as of my own experience. Regrettably, many managers neglect to support their team members’ professional growth and fail to provide essential guidance in navigating internal politics. Talented individuals are frequently let go without HR or management making an effort to evaluate their roles, strengths, and impediments, resulting in missed opportunities for individual growth, as well as unstable teams that are tired of constant restructurings. - A lack of vision and strategy significantly dampens team motivation and energy. Although new C-level leadership has brought some focus on key business targets, the absence of a compelling broader strategy puts a strain on teams. Constantly changing priorities and short-term “strategies” leave teams feeling pulled in multiple directions, fostering a work environment characterized by indifference rather than engagement and a sense of ownership.