Automattic

• Very smart, determined, and pragmatic colleagues
• Great company culture
• Great compensation
• Unparalleled autonomy
• Good for introverts
• Great diversity mantras
• Inclusive culture

Apparently disorganized, there's a lack of top-down hierarchy that holds together bigger tech players. You may think that's good, but it often feels like a mirror of anarchy, which doesn't really help drive good initiatives forward.

At times, many seem more concerned with politics and open-society type of agendas than excellent output and top quality.

Unclear vision: most people there appear not knowing where they came from and where they want to go.

Internal documentation is mostly outdated yet often pedestalized, despite clearly lacking relevance to the ever-changing working practices.

As someone once said: most developers working there have seen better days in their career. There is something critical and requiring immediate attention in an organization that fails to get the best out of its staff, yet I failed to see any changes in that direction.

Get your values straight:

• What should matter in a company aspiring to be great is what people are doing inside it, not outside.
• Technical excellence and individual efficiency should be the most important factors when evaluating members in a software-oriented community.
• A great for-profit organization should not be involved in politics.