Pros
There are some nice people working in the business who share a sense of a team going through trauma together which is a bonding experience, teams often go for lunch to talk about life. The best people leave or have left. Can provide a great place to do a few years and gain experiance before moving. Feels 'fast-paced' as described in other reviews but regular pivots mean fast-paced restarts often, Company direction changes frequently. Feels like trying to sprint in the ocean or digging holes in soft sand. lots of effort and urgency for not a lot of progress. This can be a pro if you like to feel busy and as mentioned is a good place to gain experiance. good opportunity to learn about offshoring and how it can take a week to get a day of work done. They are looking for huge growth so will try new ideas frequently but have a somewhat immature sense of product, unless growth hits in 6 months there's a new pivot coming. The direction of these pivots is driven not by product and customer engagement but by investor instruction, - ('needs more AI', integrate with ..... or be more like this company)
Cons
No real leadership, company direction is driven by VC investors using the CEO to deliver all the messages. CEO really doesn't have any ideas or opinions but is used to enforce rules. Huge office culture, if you hit the office 5 days you'll be a favourite, irrespective of ability. They really drank the presentism coolaid here - office = performance..... some team members do work remotely but they have mastered keeping their heads down. This is mostly driven by the investor who also has a financial interest in the office space. Toxic and constrained culture led from the investor - Innovative and successful business model where VC recycles investment back into their own offshore india centre and 'sister' companies - keeps staffing costs lower but perhaps less efficient so less gets achieved and they're further from customers. Pay below market rates - defended with either the 'options' argument or 'fast-paced' development. To be fair they aren't making enough profit and this is used to hold back pay. The options are pointless. 0.1% of 0 is still 0. Little investment in learning and development for individuals, what they do offer is provided by 'group' companies so that cash doesn't leave the VC - ironic considering they expect customers to believe buying external adds value...... 'Product' function is a mess - really poor product leadership and management that is essentially just organising tickets and distributing work whilst trying to build their own profile.....To begin the jounrney of improving the individuals involved might be more accepting of their limited understanding, the company needs to invest in decent external training/guidance!