Pros: Profitable company with solid growth ahead of it. SendGrid is a world leader in transactional email - receipts, forgot password, etc. We just released a brand-new product to target marketers, which is a higher-volume segment of the total email market, as well as a specialty product for marketing automation (which we expect to pick up speed very fast, as more marketers demand triggered emails for things like shopping cart abandonment or new signups). As a result, they're able to offer excellent perks to employees, and options stand to be valuable in the near term. SendGrid has figured out how to make distributed teams work. We can hire in any of the four major offices, and collaborate over a distance. I'm working with about 300 friendly and helpful coworkers as of this review. Employees really do "walk the walk" of the company's values: hungry, humble, honest, and happy. It's been a pleasure working with my team, and I really appreciate the transparency shown to employees by upper management. Sameer - the current CEO - and the co-founders are all smart, warm, and personable. Senior management hires great people and trusts them to get the job done.

Cons: Salaries are finally catching up to the market, but they weren't always that way. Early employees don't seem to get many chances for advancement, and mid-level management, generally hired from outside, feels a bit green at times. It's a tricky balance; we need experienced managers, but we also need to reward the people who helped build it with opportunities for professional development. This is probably a natural problem for a mid-stage company like ours to have.

Pros: - Great offices - Great culture & values - Awesome perks - Stock performance that is outstanding - Rewarded for good performance - I love my teammates - Lots of opportunities to learn, challenge, and grow - Interesting work - Processes that are good - Sameer & Craig who are great It might be the best decision of my career so far, but for all the good being said, some issues have come up.

Cons: Politics and disingenuity are on the rise. It's often said that the cultural value we're the worst at is the Honest H. Time and time again leadership says to be more honest. But when we give fair, direct feedback to leadership, people get political, and then we're commended to our faces and called bellyachers behind our backs. It's incredibly disingenuous and feels like we're only going downhill from here.

Pros: There are still some very talented people there who are great to work with. They appear to be on track to have a solid IPO.

Cons: The culture was great for a while, but has been on a steep downward trajectory for the past couple of years. Strong employees get fired or blocked from career advancement for political reasons. Many of the best people leave because they aren't given recognition or the opportunity to advance. Some managers think that the only good ideas come from management. There is a lack of real innovation in many aspects of the business.