Pros: Lots of projects to work on; fast-paced, supportive team. A good place to improve one's skills. Little overtime required. Reasonable amount of meetings. Positive office culture.

Cons: Arbitrary deadlines set by PMs and managers, and unnecessary stress to meet them. Gamified metrics lead to this. Little time is spent reducing tech debt and messy code. Lots of unfinished projects are being launched. Recent layoffs and unprofitability make the company seem less trustworthy.

Pros: No company is perfect, but Faire is certainly the best company that I have worked for. As an organization, I see that Faire lives out its five values: * Be kind * Serve our community * Embrace the adventure * Seek the truth * Be an owner There are certainly periods where one is prioritized over the other, but a culture receptive of and intentionally seeking feedback helps the company maintain a balance between its five values. Using these values as fuel to drive business decisions, coupled with teams with strong executional skills, I always felt Faire can achieve what it sets out to do and more.

Cons: As with many startups, the company moves fast. And that’s exciting. Since one of the values is to embrace the adventure, employees are encouraged to embrace the fast-paced nature of the work. Note that this doesn’t mean that you are expected to work beyond normal working hours, though I’m sure many do. But one of the biggest detriments to the company’s style of being fast-paced is that it leads the company, and thus its people, to have many areas to focus on. This is great for those who are just getting into the industry, or in the early stages of their career. But for those at an intermediate level, it can cause difficulties towards their career progression as they may be stretched across too many surface areas to the point that it becomes difficult for them to naturally show their capabilities and bring about deep impact to the business and others. It’s both a matter of focus, but also opportunity. This is worsened by the fact that senior-level employees are more often being brought in from outside rather than from existing talent.

Pros: The office is nice, and ICs are generally smart.

Cons: Pay isn't great, and management seems to be going downhill.