Linode reviews

Not much incentive to work here longer than a couple years. The bootstrapping of Linode, although something I can respect the founder for, doesn't benefit employees at all. It just benefits the near-billionaire sole owner. Better to work somewhere in tech that gives you shares of publicly traded stock so you can retire 10-20 years sooner. Unless you enjoy being a pawn for 5+ years.

Not really a con, just a heads up about scheduling. This may change, but as of now, you may have to periodically work an overnight shift. There are team members who prefer nights, but that was really the only adjustment I had to make during my time at Linode. The schedule didn't last too long though and I was on days for the rest of the year after that one. Scheduling is just one of the bi-products of 24/7 support, but they balance things across the team fairly well. In my experience, you can make the flexibility work for you though, like being able to shop at an empty grocery store since you have Tuesday off lol