Pros
The work is challenging and moves quickly, week to week you’re always focusing on something new which helps to keep you engaged. If you do hang there a while there’s a great camaraderie with the people, the downside is that likely comes out of commiserating about some of the cons.
Cons
I really wanted to continue working at Beyond, but the company seems to constantly be shooting itself in the foot with respect to how it treats employees. First off, the advertised “flexible/open PTO” policy was made clear that there is a hard 3-week cap, well after I started, and despite asking about this during the interview process and being told four weeks is the rule of thumb. As of when I left, this was still the case. It’s not great for morale when you effectively lose a week of PTO. Secondly, the turnover rate during my time there was incredibly high. There are a lot of great, intelligent people at Beyond. But, Beyond also needs to do a better job of assessing talent for the role they’re hiring them in to. I saw quite a few people let go within 2-3 months of their starting because they were not properly assessed for the role they were hired in to, and thus did not perform well. Of course this will happen anywhere occasionally, but when it happens over and over within a span of a few months, it comes down to hiring practices and assessing fitness for the role. And when this constantly turnover does happen, it creates a strain on existing employees due to changing bandwidth. Lastly, is the broader culture. This can be hit or miss depending on where you land. There are some great, kind, intelligent managers, but there are also some that can be bullies, or just flatly have unrealistic expectations and work you until you’re burnt out for no reason. Your experience with this can make or break your time, depending on where you end up and who you work with. Top leadership also has a tendency to make a fire drill out of everything, and that pushes a culture of unnecessary immediacy and urgency down on everyone, and can make interpersonal relationships very stressful. I really wanted to want to continue to working here. The work was dynamic, and once you settle in I didn’t find myself working much/any nights or weekends. Unfortunately after a while I just couldn’t get past the cultural issues.