Pros
The company makes a product that the end user seems to really love. As far as accounting software goes, the product is top notch.
Cons
When you're recruited to work at Floqast, they give you the impression that you're coming into a very relaxed work environment. Once you get in, it's a very demanding, high stress role. Here's why: I saw more micro-mangement at FloQast than I had at any prior tech company. Despite being a remote company, they want you accounted for from 9am to 6pm every day. There are numerous weekly meetings that you are expected to be at with your camera on. You are forced to pair program, and managers are often on the call watching you. The company has a dishonest PTO policy. In initial interviews, I was told that there is unlimited PTO, and I was told that you have to take at least three weeks of PTO per year. In my first 6 months at the company, I took 11 days of PTO. My manager told me that I was taking more PTO than was customary at the company. I asked what they policy, and was told that, "Most people at the company take three weeks. And we start to get concerned if people take four or more." Effectively, the company has a three or four week PTO policy, depending on your manager, but they do not want to advertise this because it is well below the industry standard. It is not a written policy, but it is known and enforced by management. This is one of the most dishonest practices I've seen in my years working as a Software Engineer. The company has a very collaborative coding style. As I mentioned earlier, pair-programming is common practice. In one case, we were pair programming 8 hours a day for four weeks straight with our cameras on over Zoom. I got into tech because I like to put my head down, work, and then go home when I'm done. You'll find that you can't do that here. I've also found that at this company, people are often overqualified for their positions. SE2s often could pull an SE3 role at a FANG company. SE3 could pull SE4, and so on. Getting promoted is tough, and the people that get promotions are typically the people that take minimal vacations and work overtime. In addition to this, I noticed turnover in management is high, and teams are frequently reorganized. So, you'll have to impress a brand new set of people on a regular basis. A lot of smiles from management, but they are brutal.