5.0
17 Mar 2009
Current employee
Seattle, WA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
There is a lot of freedom, and the sense of ownership is really valuable. Groups are small and usually pretty nimble. Logic usually prevails rather than politics. The customer focus feels nice, and the scale things operate is great. There is always more to learn on both the technical and business fronts, and you don't have a multi year personal backlog then you've got blinders on. If you like a challenge then it is a pretty nice place to work.
Cons
There are a reasonable number of "taxes". Things that need to get done that are pushed top down. While only a few per year, they can end up consuming a good chunk of time. This causes a lot of rework between the many small teams.