Pros: I joined during the pandemic but on boarding has been great because everyone was so friendly and made sure I felt included. Very quickly I was given a lot of responsibility and had to learn a lot about how things work to get my job done, but just months in, I already see the impact I can have. Zipline emphasizes its values *a lot* during interviewing and on boarding, and at least compared to my last employer, the values seem to be lived.

Cons: Many people on my team are also new and it seems like everything is changing at once. That makes getting stuff done a bit harder.

Pros: I received great coaching from experienced colleagues.

Cons: - Too much focus on gender balancing elevates ineptitude, and management does not care about operational level staff. Reports of back injuries and psychological stress are rampant across distribution centers in Africa.

Pros: Amazing technology. Extremely talented, hard working ICs. Some leaders, like Jo Mardell and Joey Button, are great. They lead with expertise and empathy. Can't say that about others.

Cons: Extreme hero culture. Putting out fires is more valued than preventing them. Very hard to get promoted unless you fit the hero mold and are extremely active/visible to upper management. Only tricks to "fix" things are rebuilding apps from scratch or reorgs. The mass hiring of ex-Musk employees seems to have brought the culture of those companies with them. Intense adoption of AI has led to bugs shipped to production, and isn't leading to any reevaluation of safety of AI developed and quickly reviewed code in a system that controls drones. Wild.