Vantaggi
Like many companies out there, Affirm was a dream during its start up phase. Health benefits were great, CEO was very visible and approachable. Great learning stipends and opportunities if you had a supportive manager.
Svantaggi
Once the company went public, what was once a minimal gradual decline all of a sudden became a ski slope. All finances were focused on growth by acquiring new offices and small companies so promotions were extremely limited and salaries were a joke. Especially if you're living in the bay area with constantly sky rocketing costs of living. Middle management is incompetent and doesn't seem to care too much about their employees development. Especially if you are a person of color. Worse if you're a woman of color, the management titles in the org chart spoke for itself. Hoping to spark new ideas for change, I expressed my concerns to the newly onboarded CISO that I didn't feel that the engineering org was a place where women could succeed to which they replied, "oh, sorry to hear that". Something that should've been alarming to hear as an exec was simply dismissed.