A company with a lot of potential, now in free fall.
Pros
You'll be lured in by good pay, an interesting mission, and clever coworkers, but it isn't worth it
Cons
After 30+ years in the workforce, including a dozen or so start-ups, some very new and finding their footing, Indigo is absolutely the most chaotic company I've ever been part of. They had a good idea but wrecked it, and now they're scrambling because they have no money and the wider world is starting to realize they've fudged all their data. (See the recent article in Science, for one). In the last 6 months, the company has laid off fully ONE THIRD of the company. They've done these layoffs (though not to this extent) every year I've worked at Indigo. It doesn't bother them to hire people, use them for a few months to complete a project, then lay them off. Literally hundreds of people they've done this to. The CEO, Ron, is great at talking, but the company is spiraling, so much so he suggested there will be mandatory furloughs each year even for the people who aren't laid off. Many executives have been working without pay for the last month for Indigo to try to clear its debts, but it's not working. Every person I know at Indigo, and I mean every single person, is looking for a new job because none of us are convinced the company will make it another year. If you're still not convinced, find current/former employees on LinkedIn, they'll confirm what I've said.
