Great company, lower pay
Great company, lower pay
- Best co-workers ever; there are few mean people and few slackers.
- Free food, free laundry.
- Unvested stock on hire.
- Dress code very casual.
- Base compensation is lower than competitive companies in the same area.
- Stock takes years to vest, while San Francisco Bay Area rent continues to rise.
- Base compensation increases require a complicated and time-consuming promotion process that is not guaranteed and dependent on team success.
- Bay Area compensation is not adequate outside of SWE job positions.
- Cube space is open and can be noisy in some areas.
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