Pros: Pay was inline with industry norms. Interesting tech: drones, LPR & video surveillance cameras. One-time stipend given to upgrade your remote office gear.

Cons: Team members compete against each other for attention in meetings and for fixing endless production issues. Hero culture - your value is proportional to the number of things you can fix and the how much time you spend talking and making suggestions in daily meetings. Meetings rarely result in useful solutions, changes or ways to proceed. Dev teams are siloed, hardware and backend architecture is fundamentally broken, undocumented and needlessly complex. A ton of reinventing or hacking of open source libraries, protocols, etc. Devs drop assigned work and work on things they think will give them the most praise/value. Management forces pushing incomplete, under-tested firmware/software into production. Getting "let go" is stealthy, sudden an brutal - no severance.

Pros: Good pay, unlimited PTO, helpful engineers

Cons: Management is terrible, inconsistent and vague performance expectations, good ol boys club mentality. Fast hacks are preferred over quality work. Dissenting opinions are ignored and even punished. Expectation to quietly conform or be seen as not a team player. Unwilling to receive feedback or outside perspective. Zero encouragement, positivity or personality from team or management, just expected to silently be a top performer. No collaboration - get it right the first time or you're a bad engineer. Unrealistic expectations for new hire ramp up speed. New hires have little support and no one championing for them. Jump into the deep-end and learn to swim on your own before you drown.

Pros: Good Comp Opportunities to work on projects that make a big impact Fast-paced environment (this is also a con) Continuing education stipend Talented and helpful co-workers

Cons: There is horrible management in the eng org. High frequency of PIPs and terminations lead to low team morale. There are ethical concerns with respect to how law enforcement uses data collected by Flock devices. There are extremely high productivity expectations with a strong emphasis on speed over quality. There is very little positive feedback or encouragement from management. It felt like nothing was ever good enough. Long working hours are common. I commonly worked 60hr weeks. Code reviews often devolve into discussions over highly subjective preferences. There is a heavy emphasis on job titles. There is a strong “good-old-boys” dynamic and perceived favoritism.