Pros: Benefits were excellent. Pay scales were great. Management was okay.

Cons: During the downturn, when companies were letting people go, they laid off a bunch of us. That was hard, but I could have swallowed it. But then I saw a job opening for Senior Developers in Canada for Affirm – soon after letting us go. Really?

Pros: I feel like there is a lot of transparency about the state of the company, which makes the relationship with the executives feel genuine. Max does a great job of staying engaged with the team and driving as a leader, not a dictator like some executives I've seen in the past. In terms of my position, I felt the pressure when I first started due to a drive to reach a product launch on time. This was a new experience for me, but I never felt taken advantage of or overworked. My team is great, and I have only good words about other teams I have worked with at the company.

Cons: It is a larger company, but still in a pseudo start-up mode, so it can be fast-paced at times.

Pros: 100% remote Transparent salary Good time off and flexibility Family health insurance Well-intentioned company vision

Cons: For on-call teams, most receive many pages each week. Lots of technical debt and internal technologies. Too much complexity in the platform at all levels. Internal solutions to common industry problems, written by former employees, undocumented, and difficult to maintain. For example, a proprietary RPC protocol. Very hierarchical and not at all international, despite good intentions.