Pros: Great benefits, unstructured time, and good work-life balance.

Cons: Rising superstar engineers are not appreciated.

Pros: The pay is competitive for being outside of FAANG. The workload balance is moderately heavy (no slacking around or 20 hours a week worked), but ultimately I usually don't work more than 45-50 hours a week.

Cons: To make deadlines, there's a company expectation to put in additional work past the normal 8-hour workday. Recent layoffs and continued rumblings of additional reorganization changes coming soon.

Pros: Lots of opportunities for growth, taking on larger initiatives. Internal mobility is encouraged. My manager has consistently challenged me to take on projects of increasing scope and initiated putting me up for a promotion. The promotion process is very transparent, with timelines and how each step of the evaluation process works. Benefits are amazing here, especially the time off and reimbursements for ergonomic equipment or other health-related expenses. Volunteer time off and donation matching is a big plus. Upper management and senior leadership do actually take feedback regularly and take it seriously. Though change takes a while, it does eventually happen.

Cons: Not supporting permanent working from home by default, like many other tech companies after COVID. It's still possible but requires VP approval. Teams can be very imbalanced – some very high-impact, others lacking. Thankfully, moving around isn't too hard. Still needs more attention for tech hygiene and excellence. Certain teams get to pave the way here, but other high-impact teams that are busy delivering on high-priority business requirements don't get to invest in tech hygiene in the same manner.