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They do not do a good job of doing equity refreshers which is why so many people are leaving after 4 years / after they vest their majority. With all the turn over it felt like a new company or team every few months because of the turnover not because of team growth.

It is often hard to follow the connection between engineering and what the company is doing, particularly recently as there has been a lot of turn-over. Most of software components are custom, operate on custom runtimes, and written in Scala. This means little opportunity to bring existing experience with you, and a frustrating learning curve, as internal tools are often complicated. Even if there are some very talented staff here, there are many inexperienced or old guard who control or create processes. This surfaces as rules and tools that feel dated vs other tech companies. There is a focus and perception that engineering is done one-way and in one place, but things are done many ways in many places.