Pros: Every person at this company makes huge contributions to the overall whole. In the case of engineering, every engineer owns large parts of the product. Contributions feel meaningful and self-driven. Senior leadership are all experienced, inspiring, committed to employees' well-being, and of good moral fiber. The company is experiencing exceptional and uncharacteristic success for a startup of its size and funding history. The engineering team is close-knit, with a good balance of work, learning, and fun team activities. Some past activities include: * A group painting party * Trip to the San Francisco Symphony * A day out on the bay on a private boat * Board game nights, etc. Also, your colleagues will encourage you to take care of yourself. It's exciting to show up to the office every day!

Cons: Verkada is moving quickly and growing fast, so you should be comfortable going with the flow at times. If you're an engineer that expects rigorous testing with near-complete code coverage, you're not always going to find that.

Pros: I know things are different among orgs/teams. I try to evaluate the overall situation, but not specific to the SE team. * It's doing things. If you want to improve yourself, it's the right place. * No cost reduction. At least they have free food, commute reimbursement, and a fun fund. * Nice workspace and people from all teams. I enjoy meeting people from different teams.

Cons: No refresh. Hard to get stimulation, and hard to increase compensation. You need to make a decision if you could sacrifice this with all other pros.

Pros: There is a nice office with catered food.

Cons: - No WLB for any team, which is crazy because this is not an early-stage startup. - Toxic management, all the way to the top. Nepotism, racism, unrealistic expectations (especially of my sales associate colleagues, but also from the eng leadership to us). - Marketing team posts fake 5-star reviews on Glassdoor. It's pretty obvious if you read the cons on those reviews. Try to talk to an employee who is a friend or friend of a friend to get a real opinion about how bad it is.