Pros
Audible is a large and well known tech company for audiobooks. - Most employees have their heart in the right place and will share their struggles with management, and culture, and offer support to each other. - Offices and facilities are good. They are catered lunches, snacks, and the office buildings are well maintained.
Cons
- Toxic culture: Managers frequently use derogatory terms to refer to other hard-working people in the company, sometimes even about people in their team. - Very mixed quality of employees, exacerbated by managers who choose to ignore the incompetence of the employees who agree with them. - There is little space or encouragement of innovation: great ideas and pitches are stifled due to turf wars. - Little opportunity for growth: employees are not challenged to be the best in their field or to continue learning - The company is said to be in growing pains, but this seems to be used as an excuse by middle managers, with promises it will get better in the future, rather than respecting and trying to fix the challenges at hand. - The CEO has no idea of the incompetence within the company, and there are no mechanisms for feedback that goes beyond talking to your manager. - Recruiting is weak and lacks the ability to respect, recognize, and reward talents.
