Airbnb

• There are still some amazing people who work there (for now).
• Compensation is solid and the stock is doing well.
• The CTO has really helped improve the technical direction of the company.
• There are interesting problems to solve.
• D&I efforts within the company have seemed to improve.

Since the IPO, the company has shifted to twice-yearly release cycles, and they still haven't quite figured out how to do it in a way that doesn't burn out all their employees.

Work-life balance is something you have to fight for, not something that's assumed.

Management quality is a mixed bag, and there's not consistent training for managers to improve.

Currently, all designs have to go through CEO review, which creates a large bottleneck on decision-making.

Deadlines for projects frequently aren't based on the size of the project, but the desire for an idea to align with an upcoming release.

Lots of reorgs, especially when leaders from a different company join.

Push back on requests that seem unreasonable to do in a healthy way for your teams. Support your team's health.