Pros
- New leadership in form of "VP of ...", empowered to make change, transparent and driven.
- VP of Technology is a personable, highly accomplished and experienced generalist engineer.
- VP of Product has managed large commercial tech products and gets stuck into technical problems.
- VP of People genuinely cares about people and is passionate about creating a place where employees can thrive.
- Colleagues are highly experienced, passionate and collaborative.
- Progression is nontraditional: focused on personal development through upskilling and increasing knowledge. Individuals are encouraged to take personal responsibility for their own personal progression.
- CEO devolved power and decision making to senior leadership team; improved transparency.
- Company is finally focusing more on being a tech company.
- Freedom to continuously improve both process and the roles within the company; freedom to find what you enjoy doing.
Cons
- Still a lot of skeletons to clear out from previous lack of direction, although a large amount of progress is being made here.
- Lack of traditional perks, money can be a constraint, but also acts as a positive challenge and opportunity to find better solutions rather than throwing money at a problem like most tech companies do.
- Work life balance is not proactively monitored, a small team means it is easy to take on too much. Sometimes over-ambition can result in unsustainable workload.