Pros
-Clinc is at the forefront of conversational AI. It's exciting to be part of a growing company with an awesome product. -Individual contributors are generally close-knit, creating a supportive environment (which is the only thing that keeps people sane).
Cons
From the outside, this company looks great. Lots of diversity, growing startup, cool product, big funding round. But once you’re in, it loses its luster quickly, and you begin to question what you were thinking ever considering this place. They can barely hire new people as quickly as others walk out the door. This has and will continue to intensify the pressure on an already-constrained engineering team as they attempt to scale. -Weak leadership with no previous experience in tech startups stifles growth. They only hire yes-men and push away those who disagree with their ideas. -CEOs have such huge egos that they take criticism of being impossible to work with as a compliment, comparing themselves to the likes of Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs. A little humility would go a long way. -Boys club is strong at this company, and leaders pretend it doesn’t exist, ignoring frequent complaints of sexually-charged comments to both men and women at the company (including comments from the top leaders). It’s actually a surprise that no one has sued them yet. -One of the leaders has been heard speaking negatively and speculating about the sexual orientation of employees. LGBTQ+ folks, stay away. -Bad perks for a startup. Subpar swag, only 3 weeks PTO (which people are discouraged from taking), bad coffee. Bonuses were paid out 5 months late. But good thing they order lunch and snacks every week; that makes up for everything. -Their “open debate” culture is a joke. It’s not a debate when you’re belittled by leadership in front of your peers, and if only their opinion matters. This creates a hostile environment that encourages finger-pointing and blaming others. People are terrified to speak up, and develop anxiety after weeks of starting their roles. -No vision. If you ask 10 different people what the vision is, you’ll get 10 different answers. Their product reacts to whatever customers want, or whatever fire happened that week. No consistency.
