Pros: Flexible work hours, reasonable on-call schedules. Laid-back office environment. Freedom to tackle problems in creative ways (within allotted timelines); tech leads tech, and management hardly ever dictates specifics. The org feels flat without being flat; DM whoever you need to DM, they'll either coordinate or redirect, no one feels off-limits. Benefits overall are pretty top-tier, but pay is slipping against market.

Cons: - Can be very hard to get quality requirements from PMs. - Back to 3 days min./week policy for non-remote workers.

Pros: Catching the score of the game is part of the job. Intellectual capital in IT is increasing.

Cons: The same people who have created the problems in IT are responsible for discovering the solutions.

Pros: The company is growing, bigly. Great compensation, some of the best in Jacksonville, FL, and other locations I have been told. It feels like a functioning meritocracy, which is super rare. Notice I say functioning and not "claimed," because I have seen it in action directly and indirectly. Good, individualized feedback from your direct supervisor. Lots of 1-on-1s to give and receive complaints. You are given the opportunity to change when there is a problem, grow when it's necessary, or just be told you are crushing it. The work is usually fun, exciting, and often times cutting-edge. You feel like you make a difference, whatever it is you are working on. Lots of good, modern benefits, DTO being the best. Real and usable DTO. Options to work remote are always available, but you are encouraged to work in the office for collaborative reasons. Everything seems to be at the discretion of your manager, though, so some managers don't have any issue with remote work, but the position itself will rarely be considered full-time remote.

Cons: We have potential for an annual purge every year. Whether this is good or bad, it affects a company's reputation and makes local hiring more difficult. A potential hire will always think twice knowing that they could be laid off in a year. Those familiar with cutting-edge tech know that it can be a pain in the butt to utilize. The company needs more tech cohesion and less tribal knowledge. This unfortunately means that West Coast Fanatics will need to relinquish a little tech direction control, i.e., let other facets take charge of some frameworks or things, or co-develop. That advice, I feel, sounds solid, but therein lies the problem. There is a disparity in treatment between the West Coast and Other / East Coast. Make no mistake, the high-tech praise spotlight is spent 68% (or whatever percent it is) of the time on San Mateo. Simply put, it is just not equal to its shine on the other branches. However, it really isn't the end of the world. There are incredibly capable people on the West Coast; it just feels sometimes that they forget the East Coast is just as capable. In a sense, you feel like the B-Team to their A-Team. All that being said, the company's motto right now is "One Fanatics," so they are responding to feedback and criticisms internally, which in itself feels good. Most companies probably would not care, right?