Pros
I love working at Neighbor. I tell my wife all the time, this is the most fun I've had in my career. Top reasons:
- Mission-driven. I feel very strongly about the mission to solve our Neighbors' biggest challenges. I think about my literal role as a neighbor in my community a lot differently because of my job at Neighbor.
- Neighbor has the most tangible culture I've been a part of. It is aligned with our mission. If I had to describe the culture in one word, it would be "Community." Weekly company lunch (different than how most companies do it), quarterly hackathons, all-hands, sprint demos, and being in-person with the company 4 days a week has allowed us to build a truly amazing community of co-workers.
- Strong leadership. Our three founders are young, but highly competent. Our senior leadership team brings a wealth of experience from Silicon Valley, the local area, and various tech industries.
- High-performance culture. I feel like I'm working side-by-side with some of the best and brightest around.
- We are in the sweet spot of the startup stage where I don't feel like I'm taking a big risk to join Neighbor. We have good salaries and good benefits; not top-of-market but I wouldn't expect that. On the other end, it's still early enough that I got a substantial amount of equity that I hope will lead to a very meaningful payout someday.
Cons
- I would love to see a greater focus on diversity in hiring, particularly in leadership roles. It is something we talk about and I know it's important to leadership, but the proof is in the pudding.
That's it! I'm loving it right now.
