Pros: Good benefits, remote work, nice coworkers.

Cons: Low morale since multiple layoffs.

Pros: Indeed serves a basic human and economic need for all kinds of people. It's the best tech employer in Austin, with good opportunities to stay long-term or grow your career. Engineering has high hiring standards without dogmatic rules or fanatic expectations. Indeed is a clear leader in job search but still innovating and looking for new opportunities. They offer transparent and competitive salaries and are finally switching to equity compensation. The culture puts emphasis on sustainable work-life balance over heroism. There were no employee layoffs at all when COVID hit, which shows good character. Nearly all roles have the opportunity to work remotely without the need for manager approval.

Cons: - Business-driven, pragmatic focus to innovation means few research opportunities for academic backgrounds. - Although talent is reliably in the top 5%, talent in the top 1% is much more rare than at big-N tech companies for some reason (location? recruiting?). - Amazing office spaces, in-office catering, amenities, and events now mean nothing. - It is still unclear what the new normal will be like after COVID.

Pros: Pay, RSUs, WLB, People, Culture

Cons: I joined during a hyper-growth phase, and unfortunately, all these phases have done is water down the culture and introduce bad practices. What was once an agile, fast-moving company has turned into a behemoth without much direction. The influx of additional people during 2018 and 2021 brought their bad practices from other organizations. Without strong leadership at Indeed, this has given these people free rein to run amok inside of Indeed, inflating their own titles and performing kingdom building. Indeed's culture was too nice, and SLT wouldn't put their foot down and address the problem. Instead, they gave toxic people blank checks to go on hiring sprees, duplicating efforts and teams in the process. Some parts of the company are extremely slow-moving. I'm talking 1+ month to add a button to a UI. It's laughable it takes that long, but I'm not joking. Indeed had a competitive edge at one point; they squandered that lead, and now other startups are coming to eat their lunch. I give Indeed 5-10 years before they go the way of Monster.com.