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: Good, intelligent, compassionate people. Everyone gets along well, for the most part, and has empathy for one another in terms of work-life balance and difficulty of asks. The mission is admirable and everyone understands what they are working towards. The product is good and there is a good culture of ownership, responsibility, and transparency.

Cons: The engineering is slow. Super slow. The teams seem to move like molasses. Lack of vision and leadership in the tech org.

Pros: If you live to work, then this is the place to be. Compensation is okay, but it's being cut. Essentially, you're earning less as Affirm cuts more and more benefits to bump their stock.

Cons: If you work to live, this is not it. Each person has the workload of two to three people. Management is hypocritical and contradictory. They are frequently the opposite of what they tell us to do. Development is commonly extremely broken and muddy. The company is hitting the runway without maintenance, falling apart while management whips the engineers trying to keep it together. Roles do not matter at this company. Staff engineers contribute to code. Engineer L1s design systems and lead projects without compensation, with the excuse of pushing the team to go beyond their roles when not everyone wants to. And I want to, which says a lot.