Pros: Open source codebases (not all teams at Elastic work in the open, though). Popular choice in the Observability and search space.

Cons: Struggling in the search space against SaaS products like Algolia. Overall decent pay, but very inconsistent and at times unfair. Confusing and internally competing product line.

Pros: Great company to work in, with many smart individuals.

Cons: Project planning needs to be improved as this leads to a lot of unrealistic deadlines.

Pros: Elastic is hands down the best company I have ever worked for. There is no place I'd rather be. I feel incredibly lucky to be here and now. These were the things I had hoped for in my early career: * Work from home * Good work/life balance * Paid to write open source software * Good pay/benefits Elastic gives me all of these. I have the freedom to work on the projects I'm passionate about and some of the best products in the industry. Some of the people here are the best in their field, and it's amazing to rub shoulders with them. I love having coworkers that I can respect and learn from. Another positive is that people support open source at every level of the company, from engineering and product management to sales and executives. It's almost too good to be true.

Cons: I wish we used Slack instead of Hipchat.