Pros: Lots of opportunity to learn how a company grows, take ownership, and translate work into results. Room to grow in your career quickly. Pay is pretty good. Good exposure to former founders if you're looking to do that in the future.

Cons: Unrealistic deadlines cause quality to take a backseat in lieu of shipping fast. Some people have a pessimistic attitude and think the company is toxic, and this sentiment spreads. The bureaucracy and politics of a fast-growing company can be annoying. Managers will take credit for things, micromanage, and don't know how to push back on execs or manage up. This could be solved by learning how to manage up yourself.

Pros: 1. Career opportunities. Rippling has a huge vision and moves very fast in order to get there. Accordingly, career opportunities for individuals are immense. I’ve been at the company for a few years now and have seen teams as small as 2-3 people build entire product lines that compete with incumbents that have hundreds of employees. Moreover, there’s enough to do within each team that you can wear many hats and work on skills outside of the domain you’re hired into (e.g. an engineer wearing a product hat for a particular feature, or a product engineer taking up a machine learning feature). 2. Meritocratic. Rippling is also super meritocratic and recognizes high achievers quickly. There’s no minimum waiting period or anything of the like for someone to get promoted and recognized for their accomplishments. I’ve seen people have such an outsized impact that they’re promoted within a few months of being hired, or even promoted 3+ times within their first 3-4 years. 3. Ambitious culture. Rippling self selects for high achievers and ambitious people who thrive in a nimble work environment. A lot of the product and engineering org is made up of ex-founders, and many ex Rippling employees have gone on to start their own companies. You end up building a great network here.

Cons: 1. Rippling isn’t your typical 9-5 and accordingly isn’t for everyone. The company moves fast, and you’re challenged to ship high-quality work quickly. That being said, it’s still possible to maintain a work-life balance with some effort, but by no means should you expect to be able to coast and do things at your own time. I’ve found that such a fast-paced environment lends itself to learning quickly and often comes with career-elevating opportunities. 2. The culture can feel a bit disorganized at times (e.g., poorly documented code, unstructured processes, lots of cross-team communication/back-and-forth to get something across multiple teams done), but that’s a result of growing pains and not a fundamental issue. The neat part is that a little bit of disorganization also empowers you to fix a problem or help define what should be done when you stumble upon something that can be improved. In my experience, that’s been particularly rewarding, as any problem you see, you’re enabled to fix it (or delegate) yourself.

Pros: * Impact - The company allows you to really take ownership and control, and it allows you to work on things that directly make an impact on the success of the company. * Fast paced - This could be a pro or a con depending on your background, but if you love a fast-paced environment with a collective culture of hustle, then this is the place for you. It's a mid-sized company with small pods built like startups. - If you are used to relaxing, casual work, I would say be prepared to be challenged and to be surrounded by people with an intimidating yet inspiring drive to make some really amazing stuff. * Company Growth - There's a ton of long-term potential, and everyone truly believes in the company. * Personal Growth - There's a lot of opportunity for upward growth as new projects roll out.

Cons: Work-Life Balance * Hours can be long, especially during crunch. * The company has a hustle culture, so working late is not uncommon across the teams. Management is very understanding of burnout, so there is a ton of support. However, you have to be someone that doesn't default to working all day, since it's very easy to do that. Part of the work-life balance is on the employee themselves to keep those boundaries. Requirements * With a fast-paced environment, it can be frustrating to work on projects in the beginning stages where work is expected to be started, but project requirements are still being developed. * This is also a pro in the sense that this company allows engineers to really have an opportunity to help form and understand business requirements. There is not a strict separation between product and engineering (this could be a con if you like that separation).