Vantaggi
Hands down the team I worked with was the best part of working at Rover. They are high functioning, intelligent, go getters with results that proved it. I am thankful for the skills I learned from them and will miss them dearly. Like many others, I was let go, and while many ex-rovers on here say Rover handled it poorly, I’d like to point out some facts - 6 weeks paid severance - 6 months extended health insurance through COBRA - PTO paid out for us hourly employees if it was available - if you took home some office equipment, such as chairs, stands, etc you kept those along with the MACBOOK AIRS you were given to work from home with - at no cost to us If just those points don’t scream how much Rover cares about their people I’m not sure what else would convince someone otherwise... unless you are still emotionally charged.
Svantaggi
I didn’t always love working at Rover, and my biggest qualm is with how defensive my leadership got whenever I started poking holes or pointing out gaps in statements they were making. We were expected, by them, to wear lots of hats and deliver on things that may have been out of our knowledge scope or what we were comfortable with. My manager was inexperienced and never “pushed the needle” to make real change.