Pros
- Great team of individual contributors - Fun work environment - Free snacks and beer---scaled back from before due to budget cuts
Cons
- Lack of communication and transparency - Lack of leadership from upper management - Lack of company vision and long term strategic direction - Upper management ignores expertise yet exhibits little of their own - Executive motto: My way or the highway - Rushing to deals with partners / to get product on shelves and skipping important steps in the process - Upper management prefers to set aggressive schedules and overwork employees year after year---praising them for working extra hours and over holidays---than to set reasonable timelines and expectations - Culture of fear and intimidation, highly political - Lack of mentorship for most roles---ex. engineers either report up to the CFO or to a product manager - Some managers have up to 14 direct reports. As a result, it seems HR folks are doing the people management side of things. - Lack of confidentiality with HR - Lack of commensurate response from HR---senior executives are protected despite egregious behavior