Pros
Working from home (for the most part) makes it easy to stay away from the drama and poor attitudes that most directors and C-Suite level employees have. Set boundaries for yourself and you’ll be fine. The pay and benefits are generally good, and that’s what really keeps most people around and content, so great job People Team for doing God’s work on that front. If you’re not a hard worker, you’ll get by just fine. A good plurality of the managers roll out of bed tired, and many play slide decks during working hours so that they’re online status show ‘online’, enabling them to watch TV, garden, play with pets or their children, and even sleep. If you like to work hard, you’ll shine bright and there will be opportunities for you after the hiccups of your first few months. Keep your opinions to yourself and always respond positively to company reviews if you want to keep your job. Fake it and you will make it! If you get fired, don’t worry, most other organizations won’t hire AllTrails employees who’ve been there for more than 3 years due to complacency. The sooner you leave, the better prospects you’ll have. It’s funny how many director-level employees are always discussing their outside applications with no results, but, they’re the one’s showing up to meetings in sleepwear, or, worse, mention how they just got out of bed… so it’s not surprising they can’t find work elsewhere. You got this!
Cons
There is a broad difference between the employees who were hired during 2020-2021 and post 2022. The earlier cohorts are passionate, knowledgeable, and embody the AllTrails mission and culture statements. Most new employees are just waiting for equity shares to pay off, and they’ll never be present at monthly Trail Day meet-ups in each city. You’ll have to grunt it in many meetings with staffers who are just tired of the way they’ve seen coworkers be treated by upper management. I was always reminded of the fact that the current CEO usurped the former. That’s how they lead the business, and it would do them some good to take a few months off from technology to focus on themselves. I have empathy for Ron, since I know that it’s tough to be a CEO, and it takes a cutthroat attitude, but, when you’re constantly cutting other peoples’ throats, eventually that becomes the culture, and everyone has to be fake to survive. AllTrails continues to lose so many talented individuals, and it looks like 2024 will be no different. It’s sad, but, anyone who leaves will honestly be better off mentally and financially especially after a few years of minimal to no raises. Several departments were beginning to automate with AI. If the public only knew how much the C-Suite wants to automate the business, there would be few paid subscribers left. Caring for human work and the human end-user is no longer their intention, but they can change… maybe.