Pros
The best people I've worked with in Denver
Interesting product and modern tech stack
Lots of opportunity to grow
Free Lunches and Unlimited PTO (that you can actually take)
Cons
Return to office is stressing out all the people who have been around ibotta for 5 or more years, people who have the most context on the product that we sell.
It feels like ibotta is in a high-pressure post IPO period, trying to thin its people out by slowly taking away benefits.
A few years ago it felt like there was some great hype around our products (IPN, Walmart), but now the hype feels fake around leadership. Standups have gotten really boring and I don't feel like any ICs and lower-level managers are actually excited about projects.
The office used to be friendly and fun without the feeling of "you better get stuff done now!", but now it feels like few people smile and are friendly anymore. Same people, but just under lots more pressure to perform.
The "common good" of teams working together is deteriorating a little bit. It feels like people don't want to collaborate and help out as much as they used to.