Good perks, bad culture
Good perks, bad culture
Based on my limited research, it appears to pay above market, and has some perks that are less common in the region.
The company is very much a monoculture and lacks a lot of diversity (in terms of gender and race).
There is often a large difference between the values that it touts and the expectations that are held.
There is a lot of opportunity to make change, but only if you can navigate the various barriers and implicit constraints.
Work on improving culture, and stop worrying about 'what other companies do'. I think that one of the reasons that there is a huge lack of diversity is because our culture isn't substantially different from any other tech company's.
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