Pros
The people are the real answer to why I've stayed. The leaders I've reported to have been consistently strong, and my colleagues across teams operate with a genuine sense of mutual investment. We help each other out. That's not a given at any company, and it's held true here through a lot of change.
My role has grown alongside the company, and that parallel trajectory has been one of the more satisfying parts of the job. As Veracross has scaled, new challenges have opened up rather than narrowed. The work has been visible to leadership, and that visibility has felt earned rather than performative.
Remote work post-COVID has been handled well. We're back in the office in a limited capacity, somewhere between once a month and a few weeks a year depending on role. The space itself is worth mentioning: open design, collaborative layout, strong meeting infrastructure, and solid tech connecting remote and in-person participants. It's the kind of space that actually supports how people work.
The AI story here is worth its own paragraph. We've been rolling out an AI chatbot for our service organization, and the product team has a significant AI initiative coming in the flagship app. What's notable about both is the approach: deliberate, collaborative, and built around learning together rather than shipping something fast to check a box. Cross-functional knowledge sharing has been a real part of how this has happened, not a talking point.
The long tenure numbers say something too. Several colleagues have 15-plus years here. The original cohort from the early days is still largely intact. That kind of retention doesn't happen by accident.
Cons
Growth at this scale comes with costs. Veracross has gone through periods of rebalancing, and that has meant losing colleagues who were valued and well-regarded. Those moments are hard, and the reasoning behind workforce decisions doesn't always reach the people most affected by them. For employees below the senior level, that gap between what leadership sees and what the rest of the org experiences can erode trust quickly, even when the underlying decisions are sound.
