Thumbtack

Fantastic place to work! The team is very cohesive, everyone is on the same page, all working together towards a single mission: helping customers get things done. There's a strong sense of impact on the company, team, and individual level, which motivates you to continue delivering great work. Each individual is empowered to make decisions on how to tackle challenging problems. The focus is not only on company growth but also on individual growth and development. Best of all, an in-house culinary team makes delicious and nutritious meals every day!

For engineering, some grunt work is involved in revamping old code to be cleaner and more efficient, although this itself is a good learning opportunity. In general, the culture is starting to shift due to the fast growth (employee-wise). For example, engineering citizenship in tackling the not-so-popular work is mostly done by the "long-timers" and not the newcomers, and participation in brown bags and workshops is fading. Still hoping for 401K matching, though it is mostly a perk at public companies (and not startups).

Continue to work hard on maintaining company culture and encourage more cross-collaboration/training through workshops and other non-"on the job" opportunities.