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On the decline

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at PagerDuty for 2 years
October 16, 2020
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Policy wise the org cares about your physical and mental wellbeing. Covid policies have been reasonable and empathetic and leadership has been communicative and transparent.

I enjoyed working with lots of smart people.

There is good brand awareness among tech, and many companies use the product.

Work-life balance is what you make it, but here it is better than most. Be aware that on call load varies greatly between teams, so be sure to talk about that with the hiring manager before signing on.

Cons

Compensation is below average and the stock is going nowhere.

Diversity is fantastic at lower ranks, but diversity in senior ranks is as abysmally low as the rest of the industry if not below average.

Depending on which team you are on, the environment can be incredibly toxic, and there aren’t many teams with exciting work to switch to.

Leadership demands GSD but doesn’t pave the way for that to happen, so product development is anemic as a result, and there's a strong risk of being overtaken by competition.

You’ll waste a lot of time and energy needlessly struggling with "strong personalities" (ie a-holes) in order to feed their egos rather than working together to find solutions and ship quality work.

There is a shocking meeting load even for individual contributors because the company thinks that the more meetings you have, the more “agile” it is.

Advice to Management

You already know what needs to be done, you just don't have the risk appetite to do it.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
4.0
Culture and Values
3.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
3.0
Career Opportunities
2.0
Compensation and Benefits
2.0
Senior Management
3.0

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