Great Company but the Work Culture is Shifting
Great Company but the Work Culture is Shifting
Working with some of the most talented and driven individuals in the industry is amazing. Clarity of direction in the business is communicated well. There are some truly great managers that support your work endeavors.
Career progression past a certain point for ICs becomes more about shameless self-promotion and signaling.
The drive to improve margins to accommodate AI investments is slowly mutating the culture.
Employees feel increasingly disposable, and work-life balance is suffering.
Ease up on the singular focus with AI, and shore up our other areas of business to reduce risk. The downsides of that risk will tank stock prices with most of the eggs in that one basket.
"Do more with less" with record profits and the ever-looming threat of layoffs is a dark paradox. Everyone I know is grinding so hard, but that might be irrelevant to their continued employment.
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