Pros
- Passionate and inspiring colleagues - Amazing product, top of the class - Good perks
Cons
- Poor management and internal politics - The place is crawling with excessive number of management layers which led to lack of ownership, miscommunication, instances of incompetence, frustration, and overall bad culture and low team morale. Internal politics made everything worse because it created an environment where decisions are driven by personal agendas and making themselves look good, undermining company values and what's needed for the team to succeed. - Nepotism - Hand in hand with internal politics. Hiring and promotions are based on personal connections and agendas rather than qualifications, experience, or results. This led to a lack of diversity - management is predominantly composed of middle-aged white men who formed an internal clique. - Heavy micromanagement, and excessive reporting and control - It's an environment of distrust and fear rather than support and empowerment. Employees are constantly monitored, from being required to sit in a certain spot (despite flexible seating policy), recording every call, to having emails and conversations read and scrutinized. Even small decisions require multiple layers of approval, leaving very little room for autonomy or ownership. - Constant reorganization - People, and sometimes entire teams, disappear overnight without communication or context - Great perks on paper, like flexible hours, flexible seating, and a dog-friendly policy. However, in practice, it’s frowned upon to use of them, and doing so leads to being marked as less committed or even incompetent