Sensibill, oh, where to start? Do yourself a favor and go somewhere else.
The 5-star reviews are either fabricated or pressured to be written. I’m not saying to only pay attention to the negative ones, but I would caution you that 5-star is far from the truth. I would say at most, 3-stars are reasonable. While, 4s and 5s are fictitious, forced or from a new employee who has not been exposed to the reality, especially in this new virtual setting. Those 4/5-star reviews most likely will not be your experience – you will come to realize that, as most of us have.
With that said, the positives, as mentioned above, are: good pay and benefits. Depending on your luck of the draw, your manager could make it an accommodating and flexible place to work, or you could get that one bad higher up and your workload will be insane and unmanageable, and your day beyond stressful.
This place is dysfunctional – the CEO leaves a lot to be desired, the COO has too much pride and egotism to operate effectively, the product you will be working on is subpar, with little being done to actually improve it. What’s more, plans for the next generation or product are not properly in place or thought out and definitely not set up for success.
They are good at recruiting, but not retaining. That’s because the smoke and mirrors only last so long until people realize the truth of this place – there is no future here.