Pros
0. Great benefits.
1. Great people. Everybody I've had to work with is very smart. Committed. Wants to move forward.
2. Great headquarters.
3. Salaries within industry. And WA state does not have income task. A matching salary in any other state should be a lot higher if I want to receive the same paycheck.
4. You choose your own growth path: individual contributor, manager, principal, etc. Independently of the title, you can shape your own success.
5. Great communication from CEO. He has a blog and we can ask him any question we want. And he answers! Never before had a CEO delivered on his "open communication" promise before.
6. Open communication of where the company is going, what's happening at every level.
7. Free soda, sparkling water, milk.
8. Lots of events: halloween contest, Xmas party for all the company, parties within groups in the company.
9. Did I say really smart people? Granted, not every single person. But the majority.
10. Particular groups of interest that you can join and attend depending on what you want to do.
11. Great technology to work with. It's not the latest but only a little tiny bit behind.
12. I can ask for whatever I want to be able to work better: ergonomic desks, monitors, mice, keyboards.
13. You have the choice of a PC or a Mac.
14. Work/Life balance is fantastic! Here I work over the weekend because I want to finish something. Not because I have to. It's not expected that I reply to an email over the weekend.
15. We are strongly encouraged (and I believe it's almost mandatory), to take all the vacation. FANTASTIC! I haven't seen this in another company.
16. Possibility to work in other cities where there are offices.
Cons
1. That it's not the 100% of people the ones committed to make it work.
2. Relationships are very important here. What about delivery and facts? Not really. It's more about negotiation.
3. Workspace is really tight. I have a desk and two tiny drawers. I don't mind the open space but I'd like to have more than two drawers and a desk a little bit wider.
