Pros
Good pay, enough to get me to jump ship from a major industry player and competitor of Pure's where I was consistently exceeding targets, and was very well liked and respected. Good snacks. Ended up in a better position after I was fired, after less than a month of drinking the orange kool-aid.
Cons
After having interviewed with many of the people I worked with and generally liking the sense I was getting of the workplace, I found that the reality within Pure was much different than what had been presented. Should have gone with my gut when the hiring manager yelled at his kids while on the phone with me during the interview process, because he turned out to not be interested in fostering growth in his people ("People don't change." - his words), but rather in finding fault and placing blame. Questions were not welcomed, methods and thought processes deviating from the established norm were met with hostility. Failing to go out drinking with the team after a 10+ hour day meant I wasn't a fit with the culture. The fact that I have a realistic fear of retaliation for posting this with as much identifying information as I've included, should speak volumes to any prospective employee. Fired after less than a month on the job, much to the bewilderment of myself and many friends I had made within Pure during that short time. As for the culture, much time is spent attempting to foster esprit de corps among the "Puritans", and they do a decent job of it. But, it gets excessive at times, and may backfire when you attempt to make celebrities out of your founding corporate officers, and they end up treating rank-and-file employees with condescension, distaste and arrogance. For an organization that claims to have a flat organizational structure and no ivory towers, this ends up being extremely demoralizing to the rank-and-file. Before you dismiss this post as sour grapes, consider that prior and subsequent to my brief stint with Pure, I have done and continue to do very well for myself in the data storage industry, working for other data storage companies. I still have many friends at Pure, and I wish them nothing but the best. But the culture is, in a word, brutal. I strongly recommend careful consideration prior to accepting any position with Pure, above and beyond the standard due-diligence that normally goes into any such decision making process.
