Pros
-Lots of great coworkers -Some of the benefits and stipends -Great effort by the people team to create culture and training
Cons
The Sift that many of us know and love is no longer and is a consistent topic of conversation amongst those of us who see this. Turnover is rapid and unexplained, yet no feedback or PIPs are distributed. There have been multiple waves of layoffs in the past year leaving those left behind scrambling to pick up the pieces and start anew. Teams are tighter then ever but expectation and goals have increased to the unobtainable. New hiring isn't transparent, they have stopped sharing salary ranges for new roles which to me means that they are taking advatnage of tech layoffs and hiring people at lower salary ranges then they deserve and is equal to the work they are doing and is being done by others at similar positions already at Sift. Once these new hires figure that out, they'll be gone once the market stabilizes. They is a lot of talk about checking salaries twice a year, proactively adjusting to ensure fairness and market value- false, never been done as far as I know. Raises and promotion are not common. And there is certainly no proactive work to ensure salary fairness, or giving of raises unasked or fought for. Even with company longevity, and being in the tech space, benefits are not really that competitive- lower salaries, no 401K matching, no summer Fridays, few company wide holidays, and no holiday break. Unlimited PTO doesn't mean much when you can't take a break because the work won't get done, most folks work through the monthly mental health day and meet through deep work time. New leadership hires need training on their delivery and communication many of them are abrasive, micromanaging, unavailable and overall need some training as managers to learn how to motivate teams instead of burn them out. They are constantly talking over their teams in meetings, not listening, collaborating or creating feedback loops of any kind- not approachable.