Pros: Smart people, with the clear majority of them nice to work with. High base pay compared to other companies. Strong async work culture from a fully remote working setup before 2025. Leadership is very engaged. A tradition of in-person weeks to meet up with team/coworkers once per quarter is fun.

Cons: No clear future for the company to a stronger business model or IPO, with competition from Gen AI and the recent Coda + Grammarly merger. Attrition from RTO (EPD 2x/week) and more aggressive PIPs has employee count trending down. Layoffs are likely in the near future, as the company cannot sustain parallel leadership structures from the merger. The culture was super at the company pre-2023 but has slowly been degrading with new leadership and as velocity is prioritized. Workload can be demanding and is ramping up with attrition and higher velocity.

Pros: A clear and open culture, where I feel both heard and respected. Good compensation with clear expectations about how to get a raise. Good, reachable senior management. No overwork; the company helps with keeping work-life balance. A lot of opportunities to take on responsibility and grow as a specialist.

Cons: More nuance rather than a con, but engineers are responsible for the full feature life cycle, including requirements clarification, communication between teams, and testing. It might not fit engineers who like to have clear inputs and outputs for each task and be responsible for the engineering part only.

Pros: - I love coming into work every day. - Opportunities for meaningful work and learning opportunities. - Fun employees. - All founders still play a significant role in the company. - Opportunities to work with a different culture; the company still has strong Ukrainian roots. - Free Grammarly Premium. - Great office location.

Cons: - Fewer perks than other companies (but I'm never bothered by this because meaningful work is more important to me) - No work from home, but there is some flexibility to take care of life stuff.