Some good perks, but miserable middle management
Some good perks, but miserable middle management
Free food, free coffee, decent benefits.
Good place to start a career as a new grad.
There are a few great teams and managers, so be careful which team you are joining.
Medical benefits are not top tier. Middle management is inexperienced. The promotion process is driven by internal politics.
This is a good place to start a career as a new grad; however, it is not so for experienced individual contributors.
Number of women Distinguished / Principal Engineers in the Company: Zero.
Number of women in promotion committees: Zero.
Focus is on building "cool technology" with a lack of focus on solving customer problems.
Promotion-driven culture.
Middle management is inexperienced, which leads to a median tenure of around 2 years for most engineers.
Most of the teams in engineering lack proper leadership, with the notable exception being the data organization.
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