Pros
- The company is working in a sorely needed and important space - The product itself is well designed, although unnecessarily custom - There are some talented people in leadership with a proven history, however this is the exception, not the rule
Cons
- SOME talented people in leadership, but there are some questionable skills gaps relating to infrastructure, and even software design that will have you scratching your head why. - The CEO is more worried about flying to Norway and speaking to congress about aquaculture in general than communicating with the employees and potential hires. Seems to have 0 vision where this product could potentially be taken, and as stated is more drawn to the allure of being highly visible than actually running the company. - On the same note, the CEO says he's available to speak openly, but if you try to contact him you will be ignored, even for something as important as your pay - Job description was posted as remote, but requirements to be in office 2-3 days a week is dropped on you right before an offer is extended - Technical leadership has some extremely questionable gaps in knowledge, especially relating to infrastructure and networking - They claim to hit 60 percentile pay rates, but I'm not sure what data they are using. The initial offer I received was on the LOW end of 50 percentile range, and for a low COL area. After letting me know moving to San Francisco was a requirement, the percentile was well below fair market rates for the role, - The low pay is compounded by no 401k match, average-at-best medical, and the perks basically come down to free lunch at the office on certain days. - Verbal offer and written offer differed significantly. You will have to read your offer line-by-line, or better, have a lawyer review it, because they will, and did, make completely contrary promises in the verbal offer that were totally different when the written one came through. - Lack of communication on important topics. Simple questions over email get ignored for days, and then will only discuss important topics near the close of business on Friday, which is meant to pressure you into just accepting things as they are instead of getting your issues resolved.