Pros: - High opportunity for impact - Smart, talented, hard-working people (at least in Engineering, Product, and Design) - Growing company with promising business prospects - Big focus on culture in both hiring and the way the company is run

Cons: - Some churn and difficulty in teams outside of Engineering/Product, like Sales. - Classic startup work/life balance challenges. Because of the opportunity for impact and leadership, the team is full of people who are perfectly okay with 60+ hour work weeks. This can make you feel obligated to work a lot as well. - Work on the engineering team is pretty simple. There will probably be more interesting work to do in the future as the product and user-base matures, but most of the work being done right now is fairly simple. This is, of course, true at a lot of Silicon Valley companies and is not unique to Gusto. Nonetheless, for someone interested in technical growth (as opposed to managerial growth), it can seem limiting.

Pros: Strong culture where you can feel a good sense of empathy, even from the founders all the way down. I feel like it's a company that will try to do right by their people 100% of the time. WLB balance is fine, and there's plenty of flexibility.

Cons: - The growth could be faster. - Some of the team could ship more quickly.

Pros: Love management style. Culture is great.

Cons: People could work more. Interns are not treated well.