Pros
Incredibly talented engineering, design and PM team. They have great intermal TA who sell the story well. Blinq had the ingredients to be the next rocketship.
Cons
I recently left Blinq after seeing enough to know this place is rotten at the core. This is a classic case of a founder who should never be running a company. The CEO treats employees with open contempt and zero empathy. Loyalty is non-existent; you’re completely expendable no matter how much value you bring. The culture is pure fear. There’s no leadership, no values, and no actual company culture beyond “ship more code and hope our competitors die.” Jared’s only metric for success is output and destroying competition. Leadership development, work-life balance, and basic human decency aren’t even on his radar. The engineering leadership turnover tells you everything - they're looking for their third Head of Engineering in a year. The last one lasted six weeks. Head of Product - gone, Head of Design - gone, Head of Marketing - gone, all engineering leadership - gone, original OG devs are going. This isn’t a company, it’s a pressure cooker with equity as the only carrot while they burn people out. VC backing from big names like BlackRock and Square Peg hasn’t improved anything — if anything it seems to have fed the ego. If you’re considering joining, don’t. Your mental health and career will thank you for staying far away.