Pros
- Very remote friendly, both in terms of culture and comp - Really smart people in all functions - Low risk of company folding (but limited upside)
Cons
- Poor and inconsistent priority setting from the top which leads to constant fire drills - Terrible WLB for no reason…we waste so much time putting out fires that could have easily been prevented. - Very political…but claims to not be political. People heavily optimize for themselves due to cutthroat perf system - “Address mis-hires quickly” culture results in fear of being the next one to go - Prioritization of details over actual strategy, and tons of unnecessary red tape to ship - Constant reorgs (every few months for some orgs) without much thoughtfulness, leading to a lot of thrash - Comp, and specifically the one year “AVG” grants are bad for employees…no upside if things go well, but also no downside protection if things go poorly (since Stripe works with the firm that decides our 409a)
