Vantaggi
- Some good coworkers that are very supportive - Job security because there’s constant turnover
Svantaggi
This is the worst place I’ve ever worked and I’m pretty convinced it’ll remain the worst. Here’s what you’ll find at Chewy: - You’ll be extremely overworked or underwhelmed depending on the CEOs focus at any given moment (he’ll be assigning your deadlines without hearing a word from you). - You’ll be treated as a number and never be recognized for your accomplishments with no career path. - You’ll write code using frameworks that have been deprecated for years and will face overwhelming resistance if you attempt to fix it. - Product managers will pressure you to write code faster and then get angry at you when things are inevitably broken but hey, they’re just driving the crazy CEO’s agenda. - Code ownership here feels more like code dictatorship and it further pushes away the culture of innovation that good engineers desire. - You’ll never see sunlight because your “unlimited vacation” will never be approved. You’ll need to follow the absurd 30 day notice policy for a single day off even following massive back-to-back projects. Maybe innovation is dead because everyone is burned out. - Everything you do here will be replicating something Amazon already did and you’ll face resistance if you ever suggest innovation. - You’ll face drama left and right. Someone is always causing some new drama, maybe this time you’ll be pulled off of interviewing because you rejected an unqualified candidate or some new framework just gets merged in by a team at another location without even telling your team. - Recruiters will low-ball you if you give them a chance. Just use this place to get an absurdly high number by telling them you’d only consider a number far higher than any other prospects. - You’ll have worst in class benefits matching those of a PetSmart cashier. The same 401K plan as that cashier, horrible health care coverage that requires a deductible for any moderately serious procedure, non-existent paid time off, 5 paid holidays annually (seriously), and Bagel Mondays (as if that makes up for all of this)