Vantaggi
Your colleagues will likely be amazing. The product itself is phenomenal. The PTO policy is awesome. That's about where it stops.
Svantaggi
There are no benefits. You have unlimited PTO with a free Friday off per month. That's it. No healthcare, no dental or vision, no paid maternity leave in 2023. They may have existed for others, or they might exist for other offices, but they didn't exist for me or my team. The CEO doesn't know how to be a CEO so he likes to get into the minute details of everything you're doing all the time. If something isn't organized or formatted to his liking, he forms a bad opinion of you. Yes, this includes internal docs. This is not a great workplace for women. There is no representation in leadership, and again, no paid maternity leave for employees. Benefits around that may vary depending on your location, but good luck otherwise. I have not seen a single DEI initiative within the company. I was sold on tons of benefits prior to joining the company, only to learn that 90% of them didn't exist any more. The company actively polices your social accounts. If you have a private social account, don't tell anyone about it. They are big on branding through employee accounts, which is fine. But it gets to the point where if you have an opinion for yourself (that has nothing to do with the company at all), you might catch a call from HR or the CEO himself to ask you about it. The pay is fine. It's not great, it's not terrible, but it's fine. That's provided you get paid on time, anyway. If you bring it up to leadership, the answer is that they'll make up for it in the next pay cheque if something is off. Cool. How should I break the news to my landlord? If you are lucky enough to be invited to a company off-site (because they're not for everyone, apparently) you have to share your hotel room with a colleage. Heads-up, in case you're someone who doesn't wear pyjamas. Good luck if you have to hire someone. They'll micro-manage the process and bring on 8 interviewees and external contractors to evaluate your candidate. There's zero trust in any capacity from leadership towards their employees. All knowledge in the company is under tight supervision. It's impossible to get information for yourself as no meetings are ever recorded. Leadership is paranoid that we'll leak the videos or something. So if a meeting is held and you can't make it, too bad. There's zero transparency whatsoever. So if micro-management, social policing, mediocre pay, and no benefits are your thing, enjoy.