Pros
# Benefits are acceptable. - The health insurance is not bad if you are a generally healthy person. - Good PTO policy. - The office is nice with lake views. # Very nice people. - There are some very good-hearted employees here, despite the atrocious management. - Some employees shared their experiences on Glassdoor so you don’t need to learn it the hard way. # You get to make a real impact on customers and take risks. - You often have a big scope of challenging problems, and you can make an impact. - You can come up with your own ideas, and depending on the team they may be implemented. - The company is tolerant of your mistakes (and others’), for the good and the bad.
Cons
# Some leaders are ignorant and arrogant. - They don’t listen to your opinions because they think they are smarter than you. - If you point out loopholes in their thinking, they will just change the topic. - They make poor judgements, and you will handle the aftermath and still deliver results. - If you don't deliver, the leader thinks it’s your problem that you are not competent enough. - The leader thinks their judgements are always right, even when their track record tells a different story. - When things go wrong, they attribute the fault is on other people or on external factors, taking no responsibilities. - You can’t change their opinions. They don’t listen. (Just like they don’t listen to these Glassdoor reviews.) # Leaders don’t care about your personal lives. - They think working for long hours all the time is normal. - If you worked overtime and over-delivered, the leadership will expect you to continue over-delivering. - Many employees in the company have experienced burnouts. Don’t be one of them. # They don’t care about your finances. - No 401K matching. - The year-end bonuses have been given in June or August in the next year. You can't budget around it. - They don’t tell you their salary bands, so you can get lowballed. - Don’t get deceived by the option value in your comp. The options are worth nothing unless the company IPOs or gets acquired. # They don’t care about your career either. - They tell you promotions only happen in the year-end cycle, but then people get promoted left and right throughout the year. - People managers became people managers without knowing how to manage people. They get promoted only because they are good at their individual contributor work. - Don’t trust their promises. Don’t. Ever.