Pros
Built to be fully remote with company-wide activities throughout the week to promote a sense of office “culture”. Perks and benefits are good (monthly stipend, onboarding, office set-up stipend, full medical, dental, and vision).
Cons
From the beginning of my tenure at Prefect, I started to notice red flags. For a Series B startup, having your founders “disagree” with outreach marketing and a true outbound GTM strategy seems outlandish. How are you supposed to grow a company when you don’t want to find customers who have never heard from you and could benefit from your product? From there, collaboration is a myth. Management claims to always want it but nothing changes and then those who give feedback, positive or negative, are silenced. “Honesty”, “Impact”, and “People” are part of the company's values. There is a lack of true diversity and inclusion. While Unlimited PTO is given, most management shames those who take time off for even the utmost important outside-of-life events. There is also shame given to those who want a work-life balance. It's encouraged to work 12+ hours a day. The original product works and having the team do a full rebuild because they wanted to was executed carelessly. Customers think the functionality of the new version can be successful but it is and has been far from ready for the enterprise customers they seem to want. It seems as if the company cares more about the velocity as opposed to the stability and scalability of the product when it should be the opposite.