Pros
I've worked at four startups that have successfully exited, but Slice is by far the best of them all. I've never seen a team of founders or management team so invested in their employees' happiness and growth. Part of what makes Slice so unique is the honest feedback employees give each other - whether it's VPs and C-level's on the leadership team, managers to employees, colleagues to each other, or employees to managers. Honest, direct and constructive feedback is given on an ad hoc basis, but at least every 6 months on a scheduled basis within teams. Within teams, it's given publicly in front of all other team members. It sounds incredibly scary at first, but afterwards, my team members said that they trusted each other EVEN MORE than before and was so thankful for the feedback. It's the ultimate trust fall. As a woman in tech and also a woman on the leadership team at Slice, I valued the diversity of employees at Slice. I felt like my career, as well as those of other women's, advanced in my 3+ years at Slice, even though I took the maximum amount of time for maternity leave. I felt fully supported by all my colleagues on the leadership team and my product teams during that time. If I didn't have to relocate for personal reasons, I would definitely still be at Slice.
Cons
Many decisions were consensus-driven as it was very important to get everyone's input and buy-in, but it did lead to a lot of meetings.