MongoDB

Best-in-class Engineering and Product teams, solid core leadership, attractive compensation packages.

Culture (used to be) a big plus.

Over the last 12-18 months, with the addition of new leadership (either new hires or internal promotions) and as the company grew rapidly, the once healthy, intellectually honest culture seems to have been eroded.

The company appears to be engaging in silent layoffs, effectively managing people out via its Performance Improvement Reviews.

The pattern seems to be the following:

• Targeting jobs for elimination
• Giving the employee an, often unjustified, low performance review
• Setting impossible goals via the PIP, leading to either resignation or firing.

Focus more on meritocracy and less on internal politics.