Vantaggi
The people I worked with are very friendly, the office space is a warm hub.
The team is dedicated to create something great, and are invested in helping the company succeed.
I got familiar with most of the system and had a good grasp on what the company did, working on production issues often.
Svantaggi
Management knows very little (technology-wise), disorderly and does not paint an honest picture of the company's status. As a result the research department had to go under layoffs.
Management believes Claude and Junior-Mid devs will solve all of their issues, no tech leads remain.
Each all-hands (monthly) had the most amazingly positive prospects for the company's future which directly contradicts the need for layoffs.
After the layoffs, any monthly status update feels like a gaslit vision by the CEO