Vantaggi
- General office perks, as everyone else has mentioned, cold brew, snacks, beer, etc. - Some genuinely amazing coworkers who became actual friends.
Svantaggi
- While the free stuff was nice at first, it quickly became apparent the "fun, cool, laid back" environment was used as a distraction or a facade. - This may have only been my experience, but the micromanagement was out of control. Daily check-ins became more negative and distracting than they were helpful. I felt like there was no real trust there. - There was no real HR department, which is controversial enough, but especially considering the head of what should have been HR was the direct manager to several employees - what if one of their direct employees had an issue with/about said manager, who was there to go to? Genuinely no one. - Pretty financially unstable, considering the amount they'd spend on lunches, happy hours, and activities, while also being forced to make two mass layoffs within 1.5 years. - As mentioned by others, the unlimited PTO wasn't really unlimited, at least not for all employees. Again, I believe this is used as an alluring perk, but it is not truly an equal opportunity for everyone there. - As an ex-employee laid off during the pandemic, I think the situation was handled terribly. In my opinion, they made employees feel safe and like they had things under control in an effort to not lose any employees, this was directly before senior management called a last minute meeting, where they announced company layoffs, no questions asked. I understand it was a hard situation but as a company that projects themselves as being completely transparent, I (as well as plenty of other colleagues) felt duped by the way the whole thing was handled. Not only that, the aftermath was ugly as well. I got a 30 second phone call from my manager, and never heard from anyone there ever again - this was a company I had spent a couple years working for, that prides themselves on their family-like culture. I was also told they would provide references and help for me, but again, I never heard from any of them ever again. Perhaps this is the norm in the professional world, but I felt tricked and honestly, betrayed.