Lack of direction and unclear decision making across the team - Software Engineer Mechanism Employee Review

If you want to learn how to start companies, work with entrepreneurial people and do meaningful work - Mechanism is an amazing place. The team is very talented and the culture is one where the best ideas win. It's a great place to work for those who are ambitious and want more than just another job. I love it! Best "job" I've ever had.

No cons that I can think of, but I will say - if you're looking for a corporate job, this probably isn't the right place for you.

The people I worked with weren't the problem. Office location was solid.

• I came in expecting something simple, two days in and three remote, because that was the arrangement when I signed on. Within a couple of months, that already started changing. • Talk of returning to three days in the office came quickly, and I adjusted, only to watch the rules keep shifting again. • Some managers allowed people to work from anywhere while others enforced stricter expectations, and nobody higher up clarified what was actually correct. • I spent more energy figuring out where I was supposed to be than doing the work itself. • By the end, I stopped asking what the rules were because the answers constantly changed, and trying to follow them felt pointless.