Pendo

• 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

• 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.

Slow down. Customers aren't begging for more features, and they definitely aren't begging for whatever nonsense AI product you thought of. Fix your damn product and make it actually usable first!