Pros
- free lunch and dinner - fair compensation and benefits - friendly coworkers, sense of shared suffering - nice office in SF financial district - well funded, seemingly fiscally responsible - products with much unrealized potential
Cons
- branding/image problems - many company names: Chatous, Kiwi, and now Castle Global - management shows little respect for employees, treats everyone as incompetent and replaceable - management talks poorly about coworkers in meetings, one to one, and in whispers in an open floor plan (people can hear you guys) - unlimited vacation is a joke - you can be fired if perceived to be taking too much time off, even if it was approved. - no work from home - management values you sitting in the office all day and late at night even if you aren't doing anything but watching sports or movies on your computer - fake commitment to process - you spend time in meetings and spreadsheets and follow ever changing guidelines only for it all to get thrown away at management's whim in the middle of the night - management's tantrums berating employees, interns, etc. calling them incompetent, laughing in their faces, etc. - complete lack of morale, employees joke with each other about quitting or getting fired, keep headphones on all day, try to avoid eye contact with management - so much employee turnover, hiring and firing are fickle processes - only discernible strategy is 'trolling' other companies for their product features, data, and employees - creating a suite of half-finished apps, many bugs, no care or respect for users, or their safety, apps are havens for predators and illegal activities - company 'vision' seems to move on to a new idea every six months and let existing apps languish even though they have incredible potential - sketchy tactics like facebook spamming, fake app store reviews, constant rebranding and featureless releases to clear the slate of bad reviews - there are an infinite number of well-funded startups - I can find no reason to work here and be miserable
