Pros
- Great nonmanagement colleagues and strong community - Work life balance - Good product with super-smart people working on it - Good schedule - Applications team and dev team seem to have good management and VPs, with encouragement to develop professionally, fair pay, and professionalism. (See below for warnings about the other teams.)
Cons
- Beware manipulative/dishonest, and unprofessional behavior among the managers of certain teams NOT in the "Pros" section. You may be spoken to completely inappropriatel6, denied raises without feedback, promised career growth that never happens. Or offered positions, projects, and raises "later" based on "the future" A lot of sneaky stuff goes on behind the scenes (or not). - "Strategy" is a dirty word when it comes to sales and marketing. You want tactics based on data, or any methods of selling developed after 1985? Ha ha haha. Data is locked up with another team, who doesn't want to share it. - Nepotism and insecurity among the upper leadership that rival North Korea. The CEO publicly insults and harasses many of his employees, including his spouse, and lets others to do the same (although some managers are better, see Pros section). - The CEO is also paranoid about being sued by competitors, so make sure you delete all your e-mails regularly (and save stuff you need on a contraband disk somewhere). But he's not afraid of the potential lawsuits over how he and others treats women, subordinates, and even property. Did I mention there's no HR department?