Pros
- Business is doing great - Snacks & La Croix in the break room - Work with lots of interesting people from diverse backgrounds
Cons
- Project setbacks are attributed to individual failure in "blame-storming" sessions, ignoring opportunities for process improvement. - Every project is an assumed best case scenario- nothing would ever go wrong and no one will ever deliver anything late, if you've built any potential buffer or time for verification into a schedule, the assumption is that you're wasting time. - "Focus on product" quickly became a focus on time to market and profitability, we ship bad products to be able to sell more of them faster. - Professional development is something "we'll get around to once things slow down" - Benefits - health/ dental/ vision/ 401k are are both more expensive and offer less coverage than other employers. - Culture is a buzzword that gets thrown around a lot but doesn't have any identifiable results. Aside from being told that "YETI is a great place to work" there's no time invested to develop or maintain culture. If you can sort out a time with coworkers in-between 10-12 hour days and weekends to work on relationships, good on you, but don't expect support from YETI. We're an outdoor company that doesn't encourage & enable employees to spend time outdoors. Part of the company does happy hours, but not all. More of a "work hard, play on your time" culture. - The business is doing great, but don't expect to see any of that reflected in your compensation - No boundaries, work supersedes anything else and doesn't stop for weekends/ evenings/ vacation. Took a vacation day? Expect to spend a few hours answering urgent phone calls on your day off. Traveling for work in a different timezone? Expect bewilderment when you're unavailable while you were sleeping (but the office was awake).
