Early on it was great, but then big time fail - Engineering Block Employee Review

2.0
24 Apr 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Really smart and generally nice/enjoyable colleagues Benefits were pretty good Able to travel some

Cons

The super high-growth environment when I started was exciting and energizing at first. My first year or so, I couldn't imagine ever working anywhere else, but the it all went south. Massive and quick hiring, endless budget, and uncontrolled product offering/strategy spread led to lots of chaos, exec favoritism/cliques, org silos, product non-interoperability, territory grabs and inexperienced and unsupported management promotions causing a lot of unnecessary conflict and drama. There is a lot of change still settling there. It could turn out well now that there seems to be a bit more intentional corporate structure, but if you are interested in working there, really interview your hiring manager critically. I still believe strongly in the core product offering and wish them success, but it came with A LOT of extra headaches that were not worth it for me. I love solving hard product problems, but when you don't have the support of the organization and your own management to actually achieve that, it was time for me to go.

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Cons

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5.0
26 Sept 2015
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Pros

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Cons

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