A solid work from home policy, a good leadership team with clear vision, a board filled by industry veterans, and two off-sites per year. Great health/dental/vision policies.
Cons
No 401K match, no performance-based bonus for engineering team.
- Exciting and diverse problems to solve. We're changing the home building industry in a way that has never been attempted before.
- Incredible tech - Our product demo amazes folks from the industry every time
- Top tier employees across the board and everyone really cares for the company's success
- Excellent compensation for a startup with plenty of equity. Company's philosophy is to pay folks at the top of the market and keep valuable employees happy.
- Amazing culture. Full of people who are kind, smart and passionate. And lots of humor across the board.
- Excellent work/life balance. Probably the best I've seen in any startup. You're not expected to work nights and weekends at all
- Remote-first culture - work from anywhere in your PJs. Company keeps hosting fun virtual events for people to socialize during/after work. It shows that they really care about culture.
- Lots of autonomy; you determine how best to work to complete your goals
- Lot of focus time; no meeting Tuesdays and overall few meetings to get work done
- Top-tier senior management that continually listens to feedback
Cons
- We're a startup, so there is plenty of room to grow, but I can see that we're continually improving
- Lots to do across the board, we regularly have conflicting priorities
- Since there is a lot of autonomy, you would thrive if you're a self-starter and can manage your time effectively
- No egos or prima donnas at this company.
- Still less than 50 employees so you'll know everybody on a first name basis.
- Very capable senior management that listens to its employees.
- A diverse range of interesting problems to work on. Home building is a rewarding and interesting problem space ripe for digital innovation.
- First rate compensation and health benefits. Lots and lots of equity.
- A practical interviewing process for software engineers. No whiteboarding insanity or useless brain teaser questions.
- Offsite retreats to different locations in the US every 4 months are really, really fun.
- It's all remote. No more getting stuck in traffic. You can work in your pajamas!
- Unlimited PTO
Cons
- Entirely your responsibility to maintain a healthy work life balance. Your home is your office which can make it difficult to switch off during the evenings or weekends if you're on the cusp of solving a problem or completing a feature.
- Things move fast at Higharc, which is to be expected for a startup. Ambitious set of features on the drawing board can seem daunting at first.
- No 401k match