Fine place to start your design career
Pros
This can be a great place to start your career as a designer. The place is full of high quality and passionate ICs. Overall a fun environment with interesting events. Opportunity for a lot of growth as a designer given the right team.
Cons
Expect to be underpaid ~ 50-70% of what you would make at a real tech company with little or no stock options. This is not a "tech company" consider it more of a finance / sales company with a tech arm. Leadership is uneducated about technology and how to build a tech organization. Product is undervalued. Managers are not experienced. Executive team is outdated, they tend to be extremely tone deaf and condescending to employees. No remote work policy. There is a lot of favoritism. If you aren't a standard personality type or a man, expect to be on less impactful/visible projects. With a little research you find there are massive pay gaps between employees of same or similar title and experience. Be wary of the interview process, they tend to hardball prospective employees. They use manipulation tactics like offering a certain salary and then reducing that salary at the last minute.
