Pros: There is an exciting product, a great team, and management almost always says "yes" to requests for resources.

Cons: The CEO is pursuing shiny new AI things over the core business, which may not be a con to all employees. The AI mania is in full swing.

Pros: Great pay and perks. The unlimited PTO isn't a sham like at other companies, which expect you to work even more. It's a really flexible work environment. As a software engineer, this has been by far the most talented team of engineers I've had the chance to work with. The technical challenges are interesting, and I learned a ton from watching some of the smartest developers I've seen tackle these problems. The codebase has its pros and cons, but in general, there are a lot of really smart people being very deliberate about their development work.

Cons: The information shared by management in all-hands meetings is more like propaganda than an actual business outlook. This is a bit of an overstatement, but every all-hands meeting is just about trying to spin business metrics to make everything seem fine. And then, suddenly: layoffs! Everything settles down, starts to seem fine again. And then... layoffs! It's gotten really hard to trust the vision and transparency of the leadership team as the economic environment has shifted. From a product team perspective, it feels like there's a bit too much process. Not overwhelmingly so, but the weeks we invest into OKR tracking, quarterly planning, etc., don't seem to justify the marginal benefits. Also, there's an underinvestment in product management. Existing PMs are overstaffed, and eng teams are often tasked with prioritizing product decisions that we are not really qualified to make.

Pros: - Great coworkers who are very friendly and highly competent. - The office is nice and well-maintained.

Cons: The company is either going through growing pains or a little stuck on a plateau. Leadership knows this and has gone all in on AI as a potential solution. It makes for a strange juxtaposition where the company feels large and stable but is acting like a small, unstable startup in many ways. I think they're generally playing optimally, leadership with the company's direction that is, but they need to not take the solid foundations of the company for granted, the stuff that makes all the money.