- Pay can be 10-20% below the going rate for Denver area, though some of that gap is made up with bonus. The health benefits do help keep more of that money in your pocket, but salary will come in lower than expected, absolutely must negotiate prior to hire as there isn't opportunity to negotiate pay increases later
- Pay transparency has decreased and there continues to be pay discrepancies based on gender and experience typically only revealed after employees leave. The company appears to be trying to address this
- Diversity is a buzzword for the company but the company still feels like it lacks women and POC through much of the company., especially in the product team. The age of the company also is pretty centralized within an age group which can lead to a lack of experienced leadership in managerial levels, managers are often people who have come up through the company but not necessarily well suited to leadership.
- Level of work intensity across the organization is very imbalanced with some departments pulling late nights and weekends while other departments clear out of the building by 3:30 in the afternoon.
- Meetings, meetings, meetings, paperwork, emails, emails about meetings, meetings about emails. You'll look at your calendar and question when you're supposed to be doing actual work.
- Bloated processes and short timelines results in high stress and burnout for some departments. Once you're through a milestone buckle up for the next intense work push.
- Many groups within the company have little verticality to their structures. It means you can quickly run out of room to grow other than small jumps in pay
- Manager path is the only way to achieve the higher pay grades, less room for specialized workers in top roles.
