Pros: Lucid wants you to succeed. As an intern, instead of segmenting you off with an intern project, you are placed on a scrum team and treated like a regular software engineer. All of my coworkers have been friendly and invested in my career and success.

Cons: Recently a fair amount of benefits and extras have been cut back, but that is pretty standard across the industry right now in this recession.

Pros: - Coworkers are hardworking, smart, dedicated, supportive, and fun! - Good work/life balance. We care more about getting work done than making sure you're working from 9-5. I don't feel like I'm being worked to death just to make the company more money. - Management (and the whole company as a result) cares about employees as individuals. This shows in the great work/life balance, in conversations I have with upper management (they talk to me about my personal life and family), and in the family-friendly company activities. - Lots of great perks: awesome health care benefits, tons of free food, team & company-wide activities, company retreat, awesome office space, foosball, ping pong, bouldering wall, family events (trick or treating, summer party, movies, etc.), 3-day hackathon for engineers, conference participation & attendance, community service activities, supporting Women Tech Council, etc. - There are lots of opportunities for growth, both as a company and as individuals within the company. - Collaborative environment. My coworkers are smart, but not ego-centric. They are willing to help anyone and everyone succeed. - Everyone has a large amount of ownership over the products and you can have a direct influence the direction of the company and your team. - High values and morals. It is super important for me to feel comfortable with my company's ethics, and Lucid has never disappointed.

Cons: I'm sure there are some cons, but I can't think of any right now. Oh, maybe the fact that we have pizza every Friday. Sometimes I get tired of pizza. But yah, that's not too important.

Pros: Focused on teamwork over ego and individual ownership. Great place to learn and grow. I feel like I have always been rewarded for my efforts and results. I feel like Luicd's executive team tries to do what is best for Lucid Employees rather than always focusing on the bottom line.

Cons: Nothing really material. I only have minor annoyances like Lucid uses Scala for backend services. Scala is not my favorite language.