Pros: A lot of exceptionally smart people.

Cons: Can often be chaotic there.

Pros: Some of the benefits are OK, but they evaporate once you get to understand how disgustingly Stripe treats its own people behind closed doors. It's a sad situation, and nobody in upper management seems to care about it. Why? I think everyone is afraid of being let go by either Patrick or John Collison. That can happen on a whim. Not to mention the recent 1000+ people being laid off.

Cons: Initially upon joining, you may see a ton of pros and whatnot, but eventually the pros turn into cons, plus the insane workload and expectations from everyone in the product teams. I've spoken to multiple engineers in other Stripe product teams (than my own), and everyone agrees: the expectations are too high, while CEO Patrick and co-CEO John (I'm not sure what to call him) are nowhere near as overworked as us. It's apparent that they don't put in as much effort as the technical teams. Why? I'm not sure why. Maybe because they think they've already "made it" to the big bucks, and they can rule and be rude to the low-profile engineers in the company? I've never expected this kind of treatment of people at Stripe. Never. While in public, Patrick and John Collison run a narrative of being the good guys, behind the doors, well, they are clearly NOT. It's frustrating and exhausting. I've seen too many of my colleagues getting overworked and frustrated with the instability of decisions from both of the CEOs.

Pros: A serious company focused on developing high-quality software.

Cons: Work can be dry at times.