Brex

• Very strong leadership in terms of strategy and vision, communication/transparency, competency, and humility. Large decisions are well-thought through and communicated.

This trickles down to managers too, which I’ve found to be very good at Brex.

• It’s been very clear what’s expected of me. I spend most of my day doing writing code, reviewing PRs, and writing design docs.

• Brex was among the first to announce a permanent remote-first approach during the pandemic. There are opportunities to work in office if you want it – either an actual Brex office if you’re located in a hub, or WeWork if not. We also hold fully paid remote team off-sites twice a year to allow for team bonding.

• Monthly WFH stipend to spend on whatever enhances your WFH life.

• Pick your split on salary/RSU distribution.

Tight timelines can be stressful. It has been more of a norm for me to work outside of 9-6 than an outlier, but I do this myself; no one’s chasing me to work late or on weekends. Given the recent initiatives, it’s understandable, but it’s not sustainable. Leadership has called this out as a problem to fix.

Quite a few teammates at the company exhibit very obvious gender bias. This is not unique to tech, unfortunately, and I’m not sure if it’s specific to my team, but it’s a problem.