Pros
Was brought in as an expert in my field. Was sold on the culture, life work balance, exponential growth of the company. Pitched as an opportunity to join the leadership team to help the company become a large global company. Was a great sales pitch by the recruiter and executive leadership.
Cons
In my opinion. From the get-go, I learned that executive leadership make decisions based on feelings, and closed-door meetings. Many leaders have a small company mentality and cannot manage on a large scale. Lots of micro-management. Leadership is not open to change, nor continuous improvement and favor tenured leaders and employees from the Seattle office. During the layoffs and continued quiet layoffs, there are clear examples of Seattle based retention bias based on historical personal relationships rather than performance and workloads. (I believe I am an example of the bias). I would anticipate the company to continue to lay off and outsource employees, as they simply don’t know how to manage a large company.