Verily

• Very competent and articulate technical coworkers who can deliver on realistic goals.
• Great perks including food and gyms pre-COVID, and daycare is open again.
• Incredible diversity, which creates a really wonderful physical office to work in.
• For teams that only rely on themselves to pursue biotech products, this is a fast-paced, R&D-oriented company with the right manager.

The chain of communication in management is highly selective and one-sided. Lower management does not know the reality of their teams' goals, and this lapse continues up the ladder.

There is no interest in tackling technical debt. The next immediate stakeholder (internal or external) priority always overshadows all outstanding or backlogged issues.

Management does not listen to lower-level concerns, and it is not encouraged to share opinions.

Work-life balance is bad, even in the Bay Area. As you ramp up your time, that becomes the minimum expectation going forward.

Working remotely is a challenge for newer employees. The perks are slashed, and life is less efficient, though you are expected to deliver the same level of performance.

There is negative company sentiment among low-to-mid-level engineers.

Understand the sources of engineer attrition and tackle technical debt. As a 5-year-old company, this is an imperative moment. A culture of milestones must be balanced by valuing improving upon the existing.