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Stock and compensation. Free food. Benefits aren't bad for a startup. Being in Venice Beach is nice.

Work-life balance is hands down the worst I have ever experienced in my entire career. I have overheard management indicating that it's okay to ride employees very hard because "nobody in their right mind would leave the equity on the table." Very toxic culture.

Expect 60+ hours a week, and the majority of weekend and company holidays to be mandatory. Even if you are doing 60 hours a week, expect to get dirty looks because of the Amazon-on-steroids workaholic culture that is imposed from the top down. I cannot stress enough how bad the work-life balance is. If you are considering an offer, you should consider it a trade for 4 years of feeling horrible.

Management is incredibly inexperienced, out of touch, and has no grasp on reality. Decisions at the top level are completely arbitrary, and leadership regularly ignores the advice of their subordinates. Management will send out emails after a mandatory weekend telling employees how it was "so cool" and "felt like a startup again."

You will absolutely have your skills squandered and ideas suppressed. As the company nears IPO, people are focused on empire building and keeping high-quality talent suppressed. This leads to a ton of C-list talent being hired, which is very frustrating. It's very typical for only a narrow segment of your skills to be utilized, and attempting to change that will incur a heavy penalty.

Clean house. Seriously. The Amazon-on-steroids culture will ruin the company and scare all of the good talent away.