Pros: If you are on a work visa or an H1B applicant, then this is the place for you! You can enjoy having brand new ping pong tables and crappy food in the mess hall. Just don't expect things like a desk to work at when you are in the office, or a compensation package that approaches the median for your job role.

Cons: Management is getting uppity about people coming into the office because Abby Johnson doesn’t want to admit that the Pandora’s box they opened by forcing us to work remote for 2 years has permanently changed the way people look at software work. They’d rather force us back into our cramped offices to protect their real estate interests than to admit that it’s objectively a worse way to work. This is compounded by the fact that most development teams are spread out over two continents for cost-saving measures.

Pros: - There is a big focus and investment on education and training employees. - There is a strong focus on diversity and Employee Resource Groups. - Colleagues are friendly, and managers treat their employees with respect and kindness. - The company has a new talent pipeline in its internship program and a great bootcamp program for new hires. The company's best employees come from this program. - Embrace of Agile Scrum and Kanban. - Upper technical management is staffed by good, eager, and talented people that want to change things for the better. - If you are a go-getter, there is much opportunity to make it up the ranks.

Cons: - Low technical talent: The company uses about 45% contractor workforce (even in the US). A lot of technical knowledge leaves the company every year. Huge turnover rate in the technical ranks. Many of these contractors have low skills that do not match their resume. - While it is good the company gives people low on experience a chance (sometimes the first chance of their career), the flip-side is that there are a lot of people that don't know what they are doing. Huge brain drain in the early 2000s at this company that the company never fully recovered from (many firms in the same industry experienced the same). - Very incompetent teammates. "Very" with a capital "V". You have to constantly get on people just to get the work done that they promised to do. Sometimes it takes weeks to find an administrator to grant access or turn a setting on. Sometimes requirements are completely misunderstood. - Agile scrum meetings go on for too long. Oftentimes, over half a day is spent in meetings. The prevailing attitude at the company is that strictly adhering to Agile ceremonies will magically get the Sprint work done. - Non-technical people are scrum masters (SMs): Although it is technically not a requirement, it is a bit of an obstacle to have non-technical people as SMs for Software Engineering work. Despite my 17 years of experience as a Software Engineer, I often found myself being contradicted by SMs with less than 5 years experience, and zero years as a Software Developer. Sadly, most (but not all) SMs have very little interest in understanding the work they were SMing for. - You ask a question, and people are either too busy to answer, or nobody knows the answer. Either way, you are basically on your own to figure things out.

Pros: Benefits: Work-life balance Managers

Cons: Less pay at starting. Promotions are tough to get.