Smartsheet

Work life balance, check. Sick? Stay home or work from home. Appointments? We are flexible. Worked late? Don't rush in. Sufficient time off plus many holidays!

My managers so far have been leaders, open, approachable, honest, supportive and want to see me succeed.

Driven to automate what can be automated and document everything else.

CTO has a vision and taking steps to achieve that vision within engineering.

I've worked other places for many years but since I've arrived, I've witnessed a healthy, growing, profitable company. I look forward to coming into work because of the people, the culture and there are opportunities to learn almost every day. It's nice to be at a company that doesn't have to increase profits by reducing headcount, we're hiring!

It's not all peaches 'n cream...

I miss 401k matching.

The medical plans almost require you to buy in to a lower deductible and/or use the HSA so plan for that. The dental is a huge improvement!

Open workspace concept is disruptive due to noise and visual distractions.

Expected growing pains for a company this size but definitely making moves to adopt the right processes.

Be more cautious to knee-jerk reactions that lead to adopting (even temporarily) rigid controls as that translates to extra steps and meetings for engineers. Be quick to relax those as confidence is regained.

Embrace the CTO's desire to embrace leaders that have vision, ability to remove obstacles and coach us to success.

Ensure you are looking at your 2+ year employees and promoting & compensating them competitively with those you are hiring today. There are a lot of good people that would have stayed longer.