Pros
Nice office with art work 15% 401k matching 10%-20% bonus
Cons
They will tell you that their organization is very "flat" when you ask about titles and organization. The truth is that they meant they are flat comparing with dictatorship. The company is still privately owned. In organization, the managers has absolute power in reviewing subordinate's performance and often conduct micro-management. They will tell you that employee has "career" in Wellington but not just a job. The truth is that you need your manager's "help" in order to move within the company. Internal mobility is not very realistic. You'd better do through research on the team you are joining and don't expect to move within the firm. They will tell you that work-life-balanced is valued in Wellington. The truth is that you are often asked to release on Friday evenings and sometimes you may end up finish after mid-night. In performance review if you talk about work overnight, they will tell you that many people work around 60 hours a week and suggest that your 59 hours/week is expected and not appreciated. They will tell you that some of state-of-art technologies they have magically makes a fortune. In reality not to mention active management is fading away, their technologies is on average 15 years old. You should calculate your technology capital expense by working there and how much value on job market after Wellington. They will tell you that they are agile, fast paced. The truth is that they are disorganized and they have no way being agile and their management doesn't understand development process. They will often talk about minimum viable product. If their programs can be considered as a product, by talking about "minimum viable", you should immediately translate that to "low quality" and "high maintenance."
