Elastic

You get to work with smart people. Lots of interesting and unique people working at Elastic. 2 Fridays off a month. Interesting and challenging enough problems to work on.

• There are quite a few obnoxious people who work at Elastic.
• Salary is very average. You could probably get a better package and title elsewhere.
• Pointless acquisitions bring in subpar engineers and tech debt.
• A few deadweight engineers who don't do much.
• Technical managers can be very hands-off and not great at developing their team.
• A lot of great people have departed the company in the last year.

• Implement an internal rotation program for engineers! It's really unfair to expect internal engineers to go through a 5+ step interview process and compete against external candidates for a team change.
• Pay engineers better, or they will keep leaving. Your HR data is out of date!
• Be honest about problems with the company.