Pros: 1. Snacks and food: Fully stocked kitchen with a spread and bread for breakfast, and with all kinds of snacks. Free lunch on Friday. 2. Gym: The office building in Calgary has a gym. 3. Young people: Very interesting and fun people. 4. Pay: Pay is slightly above average.

Cons: 1. The office: Calgary office sucks. The desk is very small. It is open space and it feels like a university library. 2. Lack of professionalism: Some people are extremely unprofessional. You can expect people mocking others with different political views. 3. Work-Life balance: No work-life balance. Your work is your life and your life is your work. 4. Inflated titles: A person who can barely be a team lead is a director. This applies to VPs, managers, senior developers, and staff developers. 5. Startup culture: At the end of the day, it is a startup. If you don’t like startup culture, then it is not for you. 6. Collaborative work: At Clio, there is no such thing as independent work. For every task you get, you end up working with somebody else. 7. Some managers are bullies: A manager at Clio will bully you to show that they have power. 8. Ruby on Rails: No developer wants to work on Ruby on Rails. I remember they started a project in Ruby on Rails in 2019! The argument is: “everybody at Clio knows RoR”. 9. Feedback culture: Everybody constantly asks for feedback. One thing they don’t understand is feedback is very valuable and a person should feel comfortable and willing to give feedback. You wouldn’t give feedback to a person you have known for a week. 10. No QA team: There is no QA team and as a developer you are expected to write end-to-end tests. 11. It doesn’t matter what level you are at, you are expected to act like a manager. Managers will throw some responsibilities to you. They don’t care if you are interested in it or not, the only thing they care about is “growth”. 12. They encourage you to challenge your teammates/managers when you disagree with them, but at the end, you will hear “No”. When you ask “why?”, and they can’t provide a reasonable argument, the answer will be “because I don’t like it”. 13. Benefits start after 3 months. 14. RRSP matching starts after 6 months.

Pros: - Good culture - Nice perks - CEO cares - Growing fast

Cons: The company is growing very fast. The influx and outflux of people is a lot.

Pros: A performance-first culture pushes everyone to look for ways to get better. "Good enough" isn't the mentality here, and most folks are there to do their best work and improve what they do. A strong feedback culture exists (if you're open to it; if you aren't, you won't be a fit). Pay is above market, though if you're after GAFA/Silicon Valley salaries, you'll be disappointed. Fantastic benefits are offered, including a stipend specifically for therapy (you'll need these). There's excellent and well-defined in-house onboarding, career progression frameworks (levels), as well as learning and development resources for those invested. Ostensibly very socially progressive, the company tries to create an inclusive environment and make employees feel heard. The engineering organization has well-established team norms and has built awesome in-house tooling. You will work with some incredibly talented people and be pushed to reach the next level. You will learn a lot.

Cons: An "up or out" environment. If you're not growing at the expected rate, investing in your learning, or having the expected impact (whether due to your individual performance, team performance, or environment), you are underperforming. Despite a defined progression framework, career opportunities can be limited unless you can meet the very high bar set and/or you're around long enough. Folks are exited regularly if they aren't meeting expectations, and Clio doesn't waste any time here. Competitors are starting to take a bite out of Clio's market share, and it remains to be seen how Clio will adapt. As a result, many decisions are reactionary, and the roadmap is top-down in many cases. The tech stack isn't particularly modern, though work is being done in this regard. A low-process environment, which is sometimes a plus, can lead to trouble for those who are uncomfortable with ambiguity or constantly shifting priorities. The upside is the environment can enable creativity depending on your circumstances. If you aren't comfortable with navigating a certain constant degree of chaos, Clio isn't the environment for you. Clio embraces, sometimes justifies this, and believes it is a competitive advantage. The "Human & High Performing" culture tries to justify what are sometimes unreasonable expectations. Folks with families or striving to create on/off separation may struggle when stacked up against workaholics or especially driven team members. Despite the social justice theatre, inclusion or important causes still won't win out if they oppose the business's growth. Pay equity, for example, is a growing concern, and there's still a lot of work to be done. At the end of the day, it is a business that makes decisions business-first.