A couple parts of the hiring process were a little shady. My offer included stock options but the recruiter refused to tell me the total number of shares outstanding. Very odd signal to send that you think I'm start enough for a six figure technical job but dumb enough to fall for a trick like that. I ended up getting the information elsewhere and it's moot for others now that they're public, but a bit of a weird start. They also sent me an expansive noncompete weeks after I'd signed the offer letter - this could have killed the deal altogether but I ended up just signing it as it didn't look enforceable anyway.
They allow for early exercise of options, which is great for tax management, but it took almost four months to get it done (in the nick of time). The people I dealt with on the compensation team were all very friendly and apologetic, so it seems like more of a matter of broken/cumbersome processes than anything else.
The communication around Covid-19 and return to office policies has been awful. For six months straight, an update would be sent on one of the last days of the month indicating the office would be closed the following month, with no further information on plans past that time frame.
The culture in the Austin and SF offices is extremely woke. It usually doesn't affect people's work too much, and of course this could also be neutral or a pro depending on your outlook.
