Pros
- Went through YC Combinator so a lot of business concepts, operations, and tools match what you could expect to work with at other YC companies (if this sounds appealing, note that YC Continuity is no longer on Podium's board and pulled out of all involvement they'd formerly had with Podium) - There are some talented employees in the designer, engineering, and product departments
Cons
- Podium saves money by not matching employee 401k contributions - Poor quality health insurance with high premiums - Leadership is panicking as the company continues to drastically miss its revenue targets - At one point a person of the week was described as having earned it because she worked through an illness where she was throwing up between customer calls. This was presented to the entire company as if it were the ideal employee effort - The company does not respect sick days, but instead promotes working through illness with a Slack status of "not feeling 100%" - Heavy bro culture with a Mormon twist. The CEO frequently asserts his fellow Mormon employees as being the 'in-crowd'