Vantaggi
It drives me insane, when I read reviews on start-ups based in SF complaining that the company is pivoting, vision is constantly changing etc. These are typical growing pains at start ups, and quite frankly - if you want to complain that the company has difficulty raising funds, or that the product-market fit isn't clear there is a simple solution - don't work at a start-up :)
If you want to tell people that you are changing the world and maintain a steady wage with limited equity upside- apply for jobs at Uber, Spotify, Palantir etc. They are great businesses and will most likely IPO at big valuations - but the heavy lifting is done.
No company is perfect. iMatchative certainly has its faults. But the benefits people fail to mention are as follows:
Great exposure to clients/senior management within sales/client services team and flexible hours/smart team within the technology arena
Good base salary (in cash) & v. strong equity packages (and significant bump ups if you perform well)
Bonuses contingent on good performance - paid in cash
Novel idea, in a traditionally arcane area within the investment management business.
The senior management team raise money with relative ease due to connections within the financial services industry
Svantaggi
Yes - management can be fickle at times & there has been high employee turnover (generally done due to employee incompetence...there are exceptions - but how is this different to any investment bank/high-performing business?)