Pros: Get to work with intelligent people Company hopefully will make equity holders some money

Cons: There is no interest or opportunity for real engineering. Don't let them sell you on working here as a real product engineer. There are no products in the traditional sense of the word. Every development timeline is extremely short and the projects are expected to be shoved out the door without any serious DFM, optimization, or any real polishing. I would advise anyone with any real experience in hardware development to look at other opportunities. I unknowingly took a step back in my career coming here and often regret it. Now I only look forward to accumulating more equity like most other hardware engineers here so that we can eventually move on.

Pros: Learned a lot from the people there, many of whom have left though.

Cons: They don’t listen to feedback from employees. They expect CEO energy from everyone, working overtime and weekends, even though the pay isn’t competitive. Throwing hours at something won’t make up for the lack of organization from leadership. They tried bringing people back during Covid while health professionals still advised against it, then never addressed the issue when people complained. Don’t blame working from home for the poor culture.

Pros: On the outside the office is pretty beat up, but the renovated office space is really nice.

Cons: They expect you to live and breath the place. Technically, they aren't a startup but the continue to act like they are one. They expect 80 + hour work weeks, and non stop devotion. If you aren't working 80 hour work weeks they will question you on it. Not only that the pay is not competitive at all. They'll give you a meager salary, and add in some low paying stock options in hopes that you'll give every day to them. There is hardly any room for vertical growth as well.