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: It is a good place to learn. It is team-dependent, though.

Cons: High churn and not tech-forward.

Pros: - Benefits are incredible. - Reputation seems strong in the industry. - Incredibly smart and humble employees.

Cons: - don't expect recognition here. - Management will never listen and will take credit for your work. - Career progression for those who play the corporate game well. - "raise the bar" thrown in our face as the reason for "meeting expectations."