Pros
- Really brilliant people, the best at what they do - Another review mentioned the "at least we suffer together" mentality. This is unfortunate, but it helps - Product has evolved quickly to almost meet market demands - Salary is relatively nice, stock options can be good depending on what position you're going for - Some Fridays are turned into company holidays - Promising names in upper management, coming from MSFT, FB, MongoDB, etc - Good funding, might go somewhere if more sales come in - Typical start up perks: free lunches, snacks, happy hours, etc
Cons
- Work life balance is hard to achieve: 1. Many managers work while being sick (pressuring employees to do the same), others will schedule meetings well outside of work hours (6 AM - 10 PM), or they will ping employees on days off 2. Working through the night/on weekends and holidays, working until you're physically ill, and over-working in general is glamorized and rewarded - Stressful and hostile culture at times. Upper management inappropriately yells at their employees - There are some female leads in the engineering department, but besides that racial diversity is especially low - Referral culture is heavy (and can be good), but it has now lead to a homogenous workforce with little room for creativity - Difficult to hire and retain good engineers