Bolt

The company attracts genuinely talented people across all teams. The compensation is competitive with strong base salaries, and the work-life balance is quite good.

There's a generous health day policy of 5 days. The product itself is interesting and technically challenging, so you're working on something meaningful rather than just maintaining legacy systems.

Equity compensation feels increasingly meaningless as an IPO remains years away, making stock options essentially worthless paper.

The return-to-office policy is particularly frustrating, requiring a minimum of 2 days per week (12 days monthly) with unnecessarily complex tracking that nobody asked for. The policy appears driven by external investor pressure rather than actual business needs, as internal sentiment is overwhelmingly negative.

Management implemented this despite clear employee opposition, which raises questions about how much employee feedback actually influences decisions.

Listen to the employees.