Pros
- Entirely remote - Good pay - Industry-loved product - Decent tech stack
Cons
No attempt at company culture. - No company meetups. During my time there, they kept promising team meetups, which we kept asking for. The only meetings that happened were for for management who seemed to meet up on a monthly basis. - No cross team/department collaboration. - As an entirely remote team, i was extremely isolating. A lot of the reviews say that "you should be good with remote work" when what they really mean is "you're never going to meet your co-workers". Now, this isn't a problem for management, as they mostly work in the same city, and have monthly meetups for those who don't. - If someone leaves the company, they might as well have never been there. Several of my past co-worker's and leader's last days were met with silence. No well-wishes or farewells were given from the "leaders". Those leaving simply logged their last hours and left. Management lives in their own world - As a front-line employee, you rarely speak with management. At most they speak at you. They have "town halls", but I'd hardly call that open communication. At best, it's management waving their hands about how great they are. They'd promise things and never deliver, go off in a corner and plan the next quarter without any feedback from the team, then get frustrated if you didn't go along with their plans. Can't trust anyone - While there are lots of good folks at InVision, many will turn on you if you speak up. It's tough to know who you can trust, as you never get to meet these people in real life. Chances are if it's upper management, you can't trust them. - A little over a year ago, management decided to lay off about a dozen people from the engineering team. Senior leadership never talked about it, except in an internal memo that called it "raising the bar". There were many good engineers let go, and a majority of the folks were women. For two weeks you'd show up at work wondering who would disappear from Slack during lunch. The only way we know they were done was when the org chart finally stabilized. Again, management never addressed this, and at the same time many layers of upper management were being added to the organization. Few Career Opportunities - When I joined InVision, I was hopeful that the quickly growing company would provide me with some great career opportunities, so long as I put in some hard work and delivered good results. After being passed from manager to manager, and seeing all my previous leaders being replaced with outsiders, I realized it wasn't going to happen. - No bonuses, raises or promotions were ever discussed. Rewards were only given out through political maneuvering. Since it's an entirely remote company, if you aren't in the 'in-crowd' you're not going anywhere with your career. Finally, I'm afraid to leave this review because I fear they may retaliate. Again, don't trust this company.
