Pros: Coursera fosters a positive culture, and the leadership consistently ensures employee happiness. Contribution between teams is easy, and overall managers genuinely care for their team.

Cons: Although the company has a great culture, it still has not figured out the right process when collaborating across verticals.

Pros: Drive customer value relentlessly. Invent the future of learning every day. Obsess over metrics that matter. Decide, move, and learn fast.

Cons: The ruthlessly in simplify sounds a bit weird.

Pros: I love most of the people at Coursera. They're really quirky, fun, and wicked smart to work with. In the early days, it's also really satisfying to work in a company that provides free education. The benefits are really great too. A small gym, free food, and proximity to Mountain View Castro makes it even better. The mission to provide education to the world is amazing, although it's a bit sad to see that it's not a non-profit and leaning towards money, money, money these days.

Cons: The business model has been a struggling issue since the beginning of the company. This is mostly due to conflicting goals of providing free education and making tons of money. There is a strong clique of ivies, so if you're not one of them, you're an outsider. Politics is rampant. Watch out for groups with huge turnover rates. Just Google search for "24 tech companies losing talent at an astonishing rate" and you'll see. Many original people left in disgust and went for other tier-1 companies nearby, which have more mature managers, much better compensation, and more interesting work.