Pros
The product is great, and the quality of engineering is on par with places like Google. Moves really fast, obsessed with SWE productivity. Can make a big splash here. The concentration of smart, experienced people here is higher than FAANGs I’ve worked at.
Cons
The culture has taken a bad turn or two. There’s a lot of XFN infighting and backstabbing. Leadership outs people for confidentially reporting something. Lots of things get stonewalled instead of saying yes or no. It’s odd that with so many great people the culture can be this toxic, but it’s seriously the worst I’ve seen (and I’ve been in this industry for 25 years). As a SWE up to L6 you can probably avoid most of this, but the higher levels are like a kindergarten. Also, the company ignores WLB, perks, training, team building and basically all other factors that drive retention. The only things that are supposed to motivate you are (1) interesting work and (2) compensation, which is competitive. But there’s no investment in cohesion, growing people over time or improving the culture.