Pros
The work can be interesting at times when you don’t have somebody up your a** micromanaging your every breath.
Cons
Management is poor all around. It’s hard to take managers seriously that make no effort to understand the technical processes of your work. Molehills constantly made into mountains, everything feels like it’s on fire all the time. Your every action and decision questioned. Constant gaslighting so keep all your communications with managers in written format, take notes in meetings to protect yourself. The pay is incredibly low for the work load. You’ll get a rare slack thank you (which is actually demoralizing) instead of an adequate salary to live comfortably in the high CoL areas this company has offices in. Plus they beg people on slack to leave good reviews and it’s pretty embarrassing to read. The 5 stars here are absolutely from management/HR. There is no room to grow. They’re making a few random people “managers” of 1-2 other people to placate the folks who have stayed here for 5+ years, but anybody can see the writing on the wall that creates for future mass layoffs. And they’ll do it around Christmas! Some teams have remote employees but arbitrarily others are forced to go into an office. All pandemic long they have been hell bent on forcing people back into the office ASAP, and word is it comes directly from Jen, even if you’ve proven you can do your job BETTER from home. Our productivity was up across the board but power trippers are gonna go on a power trip. The poor communication about the office caused nonstop anxiety throughout the beginning of the pandemic. They sent vague, worrisome emails about forcing back to the office in July of 2020, then September of 2020, then January 2021, all before a vaccine was available. All of this caused so much stress for NO reason. If you’re leaving teaching and need a segue into tech, this might be your best bet but do yourself a favor and jump ship as fast as possible. Get your 1 year in and bounce, you will professionally rot here.
