A great company mission ruined by greed, nepotism, and politics
Pros
A great company mission trying to transform surgery. I believe leadership in sincere in its quest to improve patient outcomes and make surgery safer across the board.
Cons
The company is filled to the brim with redundant middle management. Honestly, it's exhausting watching managers play politics, trying to one up each other for their next promotion. Do individual contributors get rewarded well for pushing ourselves to our limits to hit deadlines? Absolutely NOT. The main people who benefit are managers and directors. There are ladders that keep leading to rewards and riches above while individual contributors slave away. Cross-functional teams are atrocious to work with because everyone thinks you're invading into their territory. They will scheme against you and try to protect their precious projects, take forever to complete new features, and drag things along because they have an ear to upper leadership. The compensation is horrible compared to other tech companies. As the company grows larger.. the number of shares split amongst employees will be reduced to nothing. Nepotism is huge here. If you're a relative or a friend of someone high ranking in the company, expect to get that next director position regardless of your experience.