Pros: - smart people - great products - interesting work

Cons: - none that I can think of

Pros: Rapid growth and nice swag

Cons: The engineering culture is toxic. Absentee executive management means very poor communications and coordination across the engineering org. It's cutthroat to try and get a bonus, raise, or promotion. Verkada is really a sales company with an engineering department; it's far from a tech company. They routinely release products way before they are ready, but as long as it sells, that's all that matters. Don't buy into the hype of the company valuation. They are basing it off the company being a SaaS, when in fact Verkada is a hardware company, which has a much lower multiple.

Pros: Engineering moves fast with minimal bureaucracy. There are a lot of opportunities for career growth, and it's possible to make an impact as an individual contributor. Every person I've interacted with on the eng team has been smart and helpful.

Cons: Things move fast, so it can be tough to keep up at times. I'd call this a side effect of our speed of growth more so than anything else.