Pros: Great surface-level benefits, e.g., free lunch, wellbeing allowance, relocation, transparent pay, and a yearly, most-expenses-paid company trip to places like Hawaii, Vancouver, and Sydney. Opportunity to work with brilliant technical minds. There is also a surface-level illusion that management constantly takes feedback to improve (employee surveys and follow-ups). However, they then make excuses for low engagement scores, e.g., “it’s a high-performing environment.” I hear a whole lot of excuses and no genuine attempt to address concerns. Simply read the company responses/excuses on this site and judge for yourselves.

Cons: Beyond the surface, there is toxic management, poor work-life balance, and a general unwillingness to genuinely address employee dissatisfaction. As I divulged above, they have been so good at shutting down constructive criticism with poor excuses such as, “I don’t think our performance management is a problem since this is how Amazon does it,” or “we pay above industry standard” in response to criticism about work-life balance expectations. Obviously, if you believe this is all worth it just to be paid slightly above industry average, then this may just be the place for you!

Pros: - Everyone is really kind, helpful, and excited to be here. - Beautiful office in SoHo, NYC. - Interesting problems to solve on the engineering team, and very smart peers to work with and learn from. - Lots of fun opportunities to engage with coworkers (lunches, outings, ERGs, etc).

Cons: Sometimes late hours due to teams split between NYC/Sydney.

Pros: - Tons of career growth potential. - Interesting problems in engineering. - Strong compensation. - Great benefits, including catered lunch every day. - Profitable growth company. - Multiple liquidity events in the past 5 years.

Cons: - Equity is not 100% liquid. - Collaboration between Sydney and NYC time zones is cumbersome.