StockX

• Individual efforts recognized by leadership
• Bonusly rewards
• 401k matching
• Employee discounts on stockx.com
• Mental health and PT benefits
• CEO who is effective at his job
• High degree of technical ownership over your project
• Remote work option for most office employees
• Unlimited PTO, but more than 3 weeks needs approval from management

• 24/7 on call where only the US team is on call
• Encouraged to deploy to production fast rather than building for quality, which often causes production issues
• Leadership often changes the quarterly roadmap, causing chaos and stress
• Black Friday weekend and Christmas weekend, and the weeks leading up to them, are always stressful for everyone
• No office culture
• Not the best compensation, and the CEO said, "Don't come here if you are only interested in compensation"

3 layoffs in 2.5 years is causing high-performing employees to leave, which in turn leaves everyone demoralized.

Dismissing employees' concerns about spending millions of dollars at events like Coachella, while not having wages keep up with inflation, will hurt you in the long run.

Long-time employees who have knowledge of the legacy monolith cannot be replaced easily. Having no plans for retention does not solve that problem.

Don't let product make decisions for engineering.