Software Engineer • Former Employee
Pros: - Tech stack is interesting and codebase is more organized than most companies I've seen
- Engineers are passionate and committed to solving problems
- CEO gives a good speech and is effective at rallying the troops
- One of the only companies that really effectively uses Agile methodology
Cons: - Promotions are based on how well you know Pendo, not how well you know your job responsibilities. If you push that hard, expect a title cut or two when you leave the company.
- Too often in meetings, the loudest voice wins. Quiet people get overlooked 99% of the time.
- Roadmaps pivot like crazy. Quarterly planning is basically useless because there's no chance you'll be working on that for the whole quarter.
- Management is hyper-focused on whatever the newest and shiniest thing is, and staying up-to-date on whatever bull the tech giants are peddling will help you stay ahead of the ridiculous roadmap pivots.
- Every team is stretched incredibly thin. Layoffs took out a decent chunk of engineering, but they still expect the same amount of features and coverage to be produced, which results in a team owning a huge swath of the codebase.
- Many times you'll leave company-wide meetings feeling gross, because the CEO made some off-the-cuff political statement or is announcing a weird policy you know is meant to save money.