Pros
- Very nice office space - Good work/life balance - Very compelling vision for what they want to do. It really is a technology with enormous potential. - Interesting albeit not very sexy technical problems
Cons
- Dysfunctional leadership with too much infighting. At one point I overheard two senior "leaders" yelling at each other right next to the main break room. Real mature. - Their solution to every problem is to spend a bunch of money and hire someone with a prestigious background. There is no caped crusader who is going to swoop in a turn things around on their own. - Zero culture. The company gives lip service to values but pretty much ignores them. - Head in a sand mentality. Glassdoor is a prime example. Increasingly negative reviews have been brought to the attention of senior management for months now but the company doesn't think there's any reason to reply to them. - Very inconsistent compensation. Some people get bonuses, some don't. We're not talking about commissions, we're talking about bonuses. Salaries also seem to be all over the place. - Arcane budgeting process which in turn leads to constant changes elsewhere. One day they're investing in a given technology, the next they're not. One day they're hiring for a certain role, the next they're not. - Nepotism runs high, much more so than any other company I've been at. - High turnover. Even before the layoffs people were leaving. It's especially bad among support functions. Turn your nose up at marketing, finance, HR and IT all you want but those support functions keep the company running. Despite this all of these teams have seen extremely high turnover in the past 6 months including at senior leadership levels.
