Pros: Good people, caring exec, meaningful work and in the current sweet spot of “AI”.

Cons: Immature and lacks process. For a young organisation, the amount of red tape is incredible. Listen to the people who you have brought in externally; you brought them in to help with the scale up stage, so let them!

Pros: Compensation is genuinely competitive, and work-life balance is respected; you won’t be pressured into constant overtime, and the pay reflects the market.

Cons: Unfortunately, the positives are undermined by serious leadership problems. Senior management creates chaos rather than direction; priorities shift constantly, planning is poor, and basic organisation seems beyond them. Despite this lack of strategic grip, executives micromanage day-to-day work, which is a frustrating combination: no clear direction from above, but constant interference in the details. Office politics plays a bigger role in decisions and progression than merit does. Most concerning, I witnessed behaviour from some individuals that crossed the line into outright bullying, and it went unaddressed.

Pros: Good product. One of Europe's leading AI companies. Decent benefits.

Cons: Intransparent leadership, starting with hidden salary bands, continuing with top down decisions that have no room for any feedback or concerns, and finishing with absolutely no transparency when it comes to possible future plans with the company. High employee churn rate with repeated attempts to downsize. Company barely tries to keep its employees, let alone promote them.