Pros
Unlimited PTO and pretty good work / life balance
Cons
This company was bought by a private equity firm several years ago. Ever since then the culture, sense of stability, and perks have taken a nosedive .Engineering leadership seems to have no common goal to work toward and everyone in leadership positions has a different idea of the direction we should be heading which creates a lot of chaos and constant context switching. Impossible goals and deadlines are put on engineers by leaders who have no clue about the products they are responsible for and refuse to listen to those of us in the weeds every day working on these legacy monoliths. More directors keep being brought in as more long-tenured employees leave and US engineers that leave or are laid off are replaced by India engineers. This all pretty much aligns with the company motto "Do More", which everyone now half-jokes that it should be "Do More, With Less". Around the time the private equity firm acquired this company, we got a new CTO who used to work for the same private equity firm. That is when engineering very clearly became seen as a cost center (and trust me, you will definitely feel this). Said CTO immediately tapped into his resources in India and there is now a "sister" company Storable India. All of the focus and attention has since gone toward setting up office spaces in Hyderebad, hiring ONLY for roles there, and spending what I can imagine is enormous amounts of money for people in business and leadership positions in the US to fly back and forth from Hyderebad. All the while, we are constantly told we don't have room in our budgets for anything. We were told that Storable India is not meant to replace engineers in the US, but that has turned out to be a complete lie. I have personally witnessed teams of very talented engineers in the US completely dissolved and replaced by engineers in India. Not to say the engineers in India aren't good, they're just cheaper to pay. All existing US teams within engineering are now having to hire, train, and onboard an India counterpart team which I have no doubt will end up replacing them in the near future. The saddest part is this company was an amazing place to work for before private equity got its hands on it. Even when the company went fully remote during COVID we continued to have some decent perks despite not having offices anymore. The company would pay for in-person team meetups, Uber Eats vouchers, office equipment, etc. All of that is long gone because "we don't have money in our budget". This company also used to feel like we really cared about our customers. It's pretty clear the only thing this company cares about now is the shareholders. One last thing, they're now giving promotions to engineers without offering pay raises. Again I will say, "Do More, With Less".