Vantaggi
I have not had the "case of the Mondays" since I have started my role at Instacart. I also haven't had "Sunday night anxiety". We have some aggressive growth goals as a company right now but I think the people here make it healthy/fun - we believe in hitting our goals together (with a dose of puns/jokes/fun) and we care about the product/service that we are creating. My managers seem to care about my success and checks in frequently (both scheduled and un-scheduled). So far, I feel valued as an team member. Good benefits and vacation policy - it really is take it as you need it (at least for my team - haven't heard anyone complain about it). Very transparent leadership - the executive team shares everything that they can with the rest of us. It is nice to be part of the circle of trust and have our questions answered honestly and frankly.
Svantaggi
People in the corporate office are really quiet for the most part. Not a bad thing necessarily but people don't regularly smile at each other or say Hi! when you are walking down the hall and pass each other (which is really surprising since people here are nice/humble). Some growing pains - Instacart went from a small start up to now what most would consider a medium-sized company (with a start-up feel). I noticed that some processes or systems might be playing catch up since everyone is razor focused on our main goals - and the other things will just have to be done later.