Pros: Company culture and ultimate PTO

Cons: Team communication and company structure

Pros: Lean teams, a good tech stack, and problem statements that are pretty substantial.

Cons: Dumb managers. Top-down feedback system. The manager is the king. Perception-based performance reviews.

Pros: Tinder's at a sweet spot where its user base is big enough that anything you work on reaches a lot of people, but the company is small and young enough that every person has the opportunity to work on meaningful problems. The people are all really cool, down-to-earth, and smart. Huge opportunity for career growth for those who are hungry. The West Hollywood location is super unique and within walking distance to tons of bars and restaurants. There are a ton of engineering challenges to solve because the original app was written hastily. The caliber of engineers has gone way up in the last year. The leadership team is focused on listening to the team and fixing issues that need to be fixed. I think this could be done more proactively, but at least it's happening.

Cons: Not enough focus on our mission and taking the product to the next level. Many people on the team are disconnected from how the product really works and who our users are. This is somewhat natural because so many people are in relationships or married, but we should do more to help with this. I wish there were more opportunities to connect with people from across the company and offices (WH and PA). 200 is still a pretty small company, and all of the teams are really cool, so more mixing of people and ideas would be great. The pay is relatively competitive and better than many companies, but if you're at the top of your industry, you'll probably get better offers elsewhere.