Pros: Pays well. The CEO thinks of the long-term goals, yet still looks at the everyday use cases and functionality. Free food, backdoor 401k.

Cons: Busy (but for the pay you expect it), no 401k match, expensive insurance.

Pros: Free food and a new campus that's just been built.

Cons: The middle management, especially the directors who have been at Roku for five plus years, do not have Roku's best interest in mind. Anthony creates a "What Makes a Great Manager at Roku" in Confluence and lists having Roku's best interest in mind as a bullet item. However, the middle managers are more interested in looking good to Anthony rather than releasing product with high quality. Engineers who have high quality in mind but need to ruffle feathers to ensure quality are looked down upon as not collaborative. Some team managers hire people they have worked with in the past, who are more like minions to them rather than people suitable for the jobs. These minions are given first priority on bonus, compensation increases, promotions, stock grants, and better seating when they move to the new campus. These benefits are not based on how valuable they are as Roku employees, but how much of a "minion" and subservient they are to middle management. This is what counts for compensation increases and better seating in the new campus. Anthony is not aware of this. These same managers say Anthony is a brutal, dictatorial leader behind his back, yet seem to suck up to him in front. Anthony is therefore oblivious of this. Anthony is a visionary leader with great insights into the industry. True, he can be fixated at times, but his guidance has always been a good thing in projects. However, he does not see through the vile behavior of his reports. Anthony has high IQ but low EQ because, though he founded a great company, he does not see through vile behavior from the directors who have worked at Roku for more than 5 years. Unfortunately, the engineers who feel this way are too scared to go and talk to Anthony Woods.

Pros: People in the Cambridge office are exceptional. Great pay and benefits.

Cons: While there are some talented people in the US, middle management can be extremely toxic and will make it clear, under no uncertain terms, that you're there to shut up and do as they say. The "trust" culture that Roku was famous for is long gone. Sticking your head up will surely be met with incredible resistance and your ultimate dismissal, so you should join only if you're happy to be (and treated like) a drone. There's no long-term vision other than a couple of quarters ahead. They'll do anything to please the investors. Who cares if the products/platform are becoming worse and worse just to extract more pennies out of advertisers?