Pros: Team members are problem-focused. We are strategic about where we invest our resources so that we can simplify security and compliance the most for our customers. People are thoughtful, considerate, and pragmatic. The company has strong product-market fit because the whole team always does their homework. This is only possible with strong collaboration. There is a clear mission to secure the internet and protect consumer data. And with the ability to find good product-market fit, it is exciting to see us make progress on this mission.

Cons: Today, our biggest challenge is to keep up the pace with market demand. We are constantly looking for ways to scale and evolve more effectively.

Pros: The company builds remote work into its culture.

Cons: The level I joined was different than I was led to believe during the interview process. Once I joined, I quickly learned my team had an extremely toxic culture. Discussions were based on seniority, not on open discussion, nor were they data driven. I was overtly personally attacked by certain team members and even the team's manager on multiple occasions. When I shared feedback on issues actively blocking my onboarding initiatives, I was met with scathing responses, outright bullying, and a total lack of ownership, both of issues at the team level and on issues directly caused by team members themselves. I learned within a few weeks that engineers preferred leaning back on comfortable, known patterns instead of using the correct tools and processes for problem solving, even if it led to increased maintenance costs, developer time expenditure, and overall lower system quality and functionality. This at least partially explains why the tech stack was in such a disastrous state during my time on the team. I could forgive this fact if the team were open and engaged, but they proved to not only be the opposite, but to actively punish opposing viewpoints instead of fostering them, opting to play favorites with team members. Ultimately, it was not an environment I felt safe reporting blockers or giving feedback of any kind. During my debrief, my manager immediately turned my feedback against me, so I did not provide any other feedback.

Pros: High growth, albeit at the whim of funding.

Cons: Leadership has a toxic culture of promoting political managers who take credit, deflect blame, micromanage, and drive mass exoduses on teams. There is way too much leadership turnover from one team in particular.