Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Pros: A lot of great people working really hard.
Amazing expansion, and yet it feels like a small company.
Great culture (on paper).
Good benefits.
Amazing facilities – they do make your job easier.
If you're part of the company where people live and work by the company's culture deck, congrats! You must be having the time and experience of your life.
If any of the cons below sound familiar, move within or out of the company. Seeing these things in 2017 is not worth it.
Cons: Subtle misogyny and sexism exist. It's saddening things like:
"Be careful on what you write on interview reviews; European candidates can request transcripts." These emails are not talking about confidential information but about language, disguised sexist jokes.
I've seen post-interviews starting with: "Let's hire the attractive one to boost morale."
Jokingly comments like: "Be impartial even though girls are not your thing," directed to a male employee.
Upper management acting inappropriately towards other employees, making suggestive (and highly questionable) comments on private subjects.
It's not rare to hear comments like "That's just how that person is" or "They do a great job; it was just a silly comment," when things like the ones described above come up in conversations.
It's conflicting and infuriating to see a lot of people playing along. The power/hierarchy situation makes one wonder: are they trying to survive, or is this just how they truly are?