Pros
There are some genuinely great people at Expel, and the office is a very fun place to be. Being able to work remotely is excellent and there are good benefits.
Cons
The true competitive, finger-pointing, under-bus-throwing culture at Expel is hidden underneath an outward facade of inclusivity, teamwork, and “we’re all about our people”. Because there’s a lack of clear strategy and direction for the company, combined with upper leadership’s knowledge gaps about how certain departments work, strong personalities and loud voices are able to use office politics to curry favor and the experts in their areas are repeatedly knocked down. If you’re not one of the show-runners, you will be trampled and getting impactful work done will be impossible. You will be blamed for things you have no control over and made to feel lesser than, while the loud voices are able to repeatedly make mistakes they will then blame you for. And leadership will let them and double down on you. Quick wins take precedence over doing things correctly, and there is not much time given to work kinks out before layoffs loom. Longer tenured folks would talk about a really lovely company culture that has since become obsolete in recent years and I saw only faint traces of.
