Pros
- The IC level people are great coworkers, and there are some really smart people working here - 401k match is good when compared to similar companies - PTO rolls over if you don't use it and you get quite a few days, although only having four paid holidays is questionable for tech
Cons
This company is a walking red flag. They'll make policy and direction changes at the drop of a hat. Lower management has no power, and upper management does whatever the owner wants. He'll haphazardly change directions and focus with no data to back up these changes. Management will not push back in the slightest. The owner hides from the company and won't show his face. He claims it's for privacy reasons, but it's poor leadership, plain and simple. You may never meet or see him the entire time you work here. Instead, he'll send rambling emails where he calls out his critics and tells everyone how smart he is. The gist of each is that employees aren't working on the right things, and if we would finally listen to him, we'd all be better off. One of these tried to spin negative feedback that mentioned the workplace was "feral" into a positive attribute. At the time of this review, you can still find them making that argument on the Why Work Here page of their site. Personally, it was not, and should not be, a positive. Then there are the recent layoffs after the extravagant Vegas company all-hands trip. The company made a big deal about defining its culture over the weekend. One of the main points leadership wanted to send was "if we take care of our Employees, they will take care of our Customers, and revenue will follow." Three months later, 10% of the company was laid off. Layoffs happen, I get it, but it doesn't look like any effort was made to cut costs and try to retain people. The expensive trip, constant claims that the company was in good financial health, and increased project spending made it clear that employees weren't being taken care of. Talking with some people who were laid off, it seems they targeted some of the higher paid IC positions. The people who either came on at higher salaries or earned them over years of performance increases and cost of living adjustments. It looks like they wanted to replace these people with new employees at lower salaries. The culture has been severely damaged by the layoffs, and recovery will be difficult. Given the leadership patterns that created this chaos, I expect things will continue to deteriorate. Like the title says, I'd beware and know what you're in for if you decide to work here. I'd also read any reviews with skepticism, since they have asked employees to edit Wikipedia or post positively on their behalf in the past.
