Pros: Indeed is one of the best companies I have worked for in my 11+ year career as a software engineer.

Cons: Due to the pandemic, I have yet to really get to be in person with the job. With time, I will get there.

Pros: The product is pretty useful, and the work/life balance is okay. Some teams are remote, which is nice.

Cons: Technical management, at least in my experience, doesn't know what they're doing. I honestly don't understand the purpose of dev managers who don't know how to code. If your experience is like mine, expect your DM to make you do their job. Resource planning and meeting organization are all ad hoc and delegated. DMs are glorified performance reviewers, and it's pretty clear they're being directed to squeeze performance reviews to find excuses to fire or hold back good engineers to avoid more layoffs, like all the big tech companies. Meanwhile, the tech stack is a mess. It's honestly baffling in 2024. It's something I would have considered obsolete in 2014. There's no time for tech debt, though, because management is so bad at managing projects that everyone is just working on experimental projects that are desperately guessing at ways to improve UX. The vast majority of which fail, wasting months of work. That makes sense for Google, who basically admitted 10 years ago that they'd peaked. Every app does eventually. But you shouldn't hire for growth if you aren't growing.

Pros: For Engineering dept only: No butt-in-chair mentality or micromanaging. If you get your work done and on time, nobody cares when you come in or leave. You are treated like an adult who can manage their own work schedule. Some really smart folks work here and built the company. You now have access to all this brainpower and knowledge, so you can learn from them. Friendly, cheerful, open-minded coworkers. Whether your thing is being Austin-y, good coffee, sports, cooking, etc., there are kindred spirits for you here. Extremely relaxed dress code. You could roller skate to a meeting if you wanted to. The existence of a maternity leave policy. (This is a new thing.) Growing list of fringe benefits: * Spacious open office * Daily catered lunches * Frequent office happy hours * Shuttle service * Boat parties * Movie nights

Cons: Office is in West Austin off 360, far away from downtown/fun stuff. Salaries are below industry standards, and it is difficult to negotiate for more pay. No clear path for career advancement in non-managerial positions. As noted above, management styles and work schedule flexibility vary greatly by manager and department. The Engineering dept gets the most freedom. The others, not so much.