Vantaggi
Prior to the installation of the current CEO, the culture at Grindr was one centered around radical candor, transparency, and empathy. People cared about each other, cared about the product, and cared about its users. My colleagues have truly been the best, most talented and passionate group I’ve ever worked with. Folks were happy. Meetings were open spaces where opinions could be freely shared without fear of retaliation, suggestions to the product and internal processes were welcomed, and people could just be themselves. The remote work culture instilled by our recently defunct People’s Team was great! We had incredible virtual events that showed how much we were cared for and seen.
Svantaggi
Many folks were forced out in a Return to Office policy announced 2 weeks after employees expressed their intentions to unionize. In the company-wide meeting where the RTO was announced, the CEO gave the ultimatum for employees to uproot their lives (and the lives of their dependents), move to different states, to go into an office twice a week in one of the chosen hubs (conveniently centered around the bases of leadership)—or leave the company. Understandably, many of us had questions and concerns about this life-impacting decision, however, the call was immediately cut short by the CEO. Employees were given 2 weeks to make the decision. Following up this meeting, leadership went completely quiet and ignored any comments related to the RTO. tl;dr, Expect constant lies from leadership, the culture is toxic, morale is in the dumps, middle management has gaslighted themselves into believing everything is okay. It is definitely not. This may sound like an exaggeration, but I have never felt so dispensable, so helpless and small than I have during my last few months at Grindr. If you're considering working here—please reconsider.