Pros: - Super interesting and challenging product - Smart engineers around

Cons: The middle management I worked with reacts to feedback in a highly unprofessional manner. Instead of working to improve, they blame you for not being a good fit for the environment (their exact words). The hypocrisy of middle management is striking. They may give you positive feedback in person, but provide a completely different assessment to your direct manager or other internal stakeholders. Moreover, you have no visibility into this hidden feedback. The incompetence of middle management (the so-called “roadmap keepers”) is evident. The long-term roadmap changes constantly, often without any clear reason. You might plan a major strategic piece of work and start executing it, only for it to be suddenly deprioritized. Then, after switching to something else, that same deprioritized initiative might reappear as the top priority. This is not the expected agility of working with a backlog in response to new requirements or customer feedback. I’m talking about large strategic initiatives planned on a quarterly basis that keep shifting without justification. The salary is fairly average. They expect you to work as if you were in a FAANG company, yet they are unwilling to compensate you accordingly.

Pros: Salary, benefits, work-life balance, etc.

Cons: Nothing was bad in the time I was there.

Pros: - Great benefits (flexible PTO, catered food/snacks, pet-friendly offices, insurance/health benefits, commuter benefits, thoughtful care packages & WFH stipends) - Collaborative culture and great cross-functional team bonding - Relatively low red tape and flat hierarchy for a company that continues to grow - Leadership team is incredibly intelligent and open (I'd probably trust Sanjit with my firstborn) - Workplace/facilities continue to improve the office experience, even during COVID - Good company mission and cultural principles (self-growth, sustainability, putting the customer first) - Equity, baby! Working at a fast-paced startup with the resources of a larger company allows for confidence to build good products and work alongside dedicated teammates. The culture is really awesome, feeling special compared to other workplaces.

Cons: - Struggling, like most tech companies, to improve D&I metrics though it's pushed as super important. - Growing pains due to lack of organization and documented processes. - No signing or yearly bonuses, if you care about that. - Still healing from trust issues caused by the layoff. - Work-life balance is hard, especially in Hardware when working with teams overseas. - Flexible PTO is a double-edged sword. Consistent struggles for any tech company in the Bay. I miss the more startup-y days, but how can I complain that growth means the company is doing well?