Vantaggi
Some pockets of talent exist, particularly at the IC level, though they’re often buried under layers of mismanagement.
You may gain exposure to fire-fighting at scale, which sharpens your ability to deliver under unclear or shifting priorities.
If you're early in your career, surviving here builds scar tissue fast
Svantaggi
Leadership doesn’t lead; they flail. One week it's "move fast," the next it's "pause everything." Decisions shift constantly, often made in isolation and without input from the people closest to the problems. You’d think they’d listen to their own teams. They don’t. They stay locked in their echo chamber while chaos unfolds around them.
I worked 14-hour days. Consistently. I hit every product milestone early. I launched features that boosted engagement and addressed real user issues. I took initiative while others waited for permission. None of it mattered. They still laid me off with no warning.
Inside the organization, dysfunction is embedded. Meetings drag on with no agenda and no real decisions. Feedback loops are broken. Accountability doesn't exist. The people who play politics rise. The ones doing the actual work get ignored or quietly pushed out.
Hostile culture. I wasn’t just overworked, I was actively undermined. Some coworkers treated collaboration like a threat. Turf wars mattered more than outcomes and raising concerns made you a target.
Then came the layoffs. No heads-up. No recognition. Just a cold, copy-pasted message and silence. After everything I gave, they made it clear I was disposable.
If you care about doing meaningful work, don’t waste your time here. They’ll drain your energy, ignore your contributions, and discard you without a second thought.