Pros
- Great people to work with (IC only. Few managers). - Always something to do project wise and learn from it. - Remote. - Still new in a lot of ways, so had the chance of being pioneers in some processes and systems.
Cons
- Hard work is barely recognized. - Promotion isn't reflected based on the work you put it, it is which manager or department leader likes you. Better play the favoritism card here and say "Yes" to everything. - Not a lot of work-life balance. Have a secondary work email or phone on file in HR b/c the chances are that they will call you in the late evening for something. - Everything is always on fire. - Upper/Exec leadership started to cut off what culturally made the company rewarding to work for. - If you don't know where you career should head, good luck, b/c managers do not provide the guidance. They expect you should take control of your own career. This is a good and bad thing - good that you can direct it where you want, bad if you need any guidance and don't know where to start. - Don't show weakness or need for help. A co-worker of mine was let good b/c they express that they were drowning in the workload and leaders of said department said they were no longer a "fit" for the role.