Pros
-Remote work -Some very kind and compassionate people who care about one another -Retreats, when they happen -Sabbatical at 5 yrs - take notes from others and use it to plan your exit. -Compensation for international employees is great (paid at US market rate), for US employees it’s mediocre and comparable to other small tech companies. Additional benefits that once were novel are industry standard now.
Cons
-If you’re looking to progress in your career, don’t plan on staying more than 1-2 years. -4 day workweek that they brag about is dependent on team and whether you can get everything done in 4 days, otherwise you’re expected to work that 5th day. -Financial outlook is poor. They waited too long to ship the features customers were asking for 5+ years ago, resulting in loss of market share and a consistently downward trending ARR (posting a loss of 4.39m in ARR since January 2020) more info available on their transparent dashboard. -Employees fired citing “performance issues” without proper PIP being implemented. Particularly prevalent amongst individuals from under represented groups. -So many claims to caring about DEI, but only if it allows everyone to maintain their level of toxic positivity. -Joel is out of touch and lacks the experience to actually progress the company in a meaningful way or keep this ship from sinking. He either changes his mind, or just doesn’t make a decision at all, preventing teams from having clear direction. -Leadership (with exception of Product) are only in their roles because they’ve been with the company from the earliest days - not because they have prior experience to qualify them for their titles or experience leading and growing departments, basically the blind leading the blind. -Beware of asking questions, pushing back on ideas, or asking for accountability.