Pros
The benefits and flexibility are without a doubt what keeps people at GPTW for such long tenures. Work from anywhere, noteworthy support when personal circumstances affect your work, flexible hours for pretty standard roles, healthcare, gym membership, VISAs, and fully expensed travel for work socials (trains, flights, hotels from different continents) ..a very generous perk, though not something everyone gets to benefit from. and, a generic but worthwhile comment - the people are actually nice.
Cons
The issue is that the benefits can’t hide the fact that the current set up isn’t working. People appreciate the perks, but it’s hard to overlook the lack of clear strategy or execution for a company that is still calling itself a 'scale up.' There’s obvious favouritism and hierarchy within the leadership team, and it is very clear when people have been promoted beyond their capability resulting in teams being left in the hands of people who lack the qualifications or experience for that position. The recent investment/ acquistion earlier this year was sold to us as a positive turning point - we were growing, we'd have proper investment in the product, improved processes etc. Instead, job security became less certain, people have been frustrated and anxious and that's had an expected impact on culture, and now many people are leaving after having trusted that better things were coming. It’s incredibly disappointing to be leaving feeling undervalued and not much better off than when you joined .. ironically from a place called 'Great Place to Work.