Meta

• Could be a fine place at a terminal level.
• Free food.
• Solid stock payout.
• Mostly kind and hard-working ICs.

• Slow and unclear promotion processes with no level transparency, so you cannot easily assess yourself and your compensation.
• Lagging promotions are a way to overwork and underpay for longer, touted as "validating that you are ready for the next step".
• Excessive bureaucracy has turned the corner from a startup "build fast" vibe to "you build fast, but we move slow".
• Culture of overwork without recognition. It's difficult to set boundaries because of management and aggressive/unrealistic roadmaps.

This may not be company-wide, but I have also had experiences with very narrow-minded management that drive hard for the bottom line without being capable of looking at the big picture.

• If you work diligently and anticipate/look into risks, but no issues arise, you’re blamed for taking too long, even if you were operating within the planned timeline.
• However, if risks had materialized and you hadn’t done due diligence, there would have been complaints about lack of preparation.