Pros
Good place to learn new skills, startup vibe, WFH, benefits and pto policy were great
Cons
Assignments and mentorship followed clear racial lines: people of color were handed the least visible jobs, the riskiest deadlines, the tasks that would get them blamed if things went wrong. White colleagues got the new features and the face-of-the-company work. Reviews were a joke. Folks of color who produced clear results were skipped over for promotions while less effective coworkers who matched the preferred image moved up. I was told outright to ignore resumes with ethnic names and only hire for “culture fit,” which everyone knew meant shutting out diversity. Meetings tolerated racist jokes and assumptions about ability. Promotions flowed through private networks that shut everyone else out. I left because I couldn’t stay where bias was policy and cruelty was routine.
