Pros
Confession: I started to write this review with AI (because who doesn't these days?) And then I started writing a prompt and decided I was better off pasting in the prompt itself, because it's more honest and raw and real than anything Claude was coming up with: "Talk about the quirky company culture, talk about how I've been here 9.5 years and counting, tons of fun clients, a leadership team that really cares, and colleagues who try their hardest, give a crap, and make the COOLEST stuff." (I know the "9.5 years" stat makes this functionally non-anonymous. There's only one of me. Oops, oh well!) For what it's worth, what Claude imputed based on our MCP was: * Wins get celebrated. Every new logo, every renewal gets called out by name in the company announcements channel — who closed it, who helped scope it, who got it across the finish line. It sounds small but it genuinely matters. * People actually get credit. The credit-giving isn't just a leadership thing, it's baked into how the whole team operates. You're not going to do good work here and have it disappear quietly. * Clients stick around. Renewals and expansions happen regularly, which tells you everything about the quality of delivery. It's something to be proud of. * You'll actually like your coworkers. Pet photo channels, pride month games, watercooler polls — people here genuinely engage with each other. It's not forced. * The company is growing on purpose. New clients are coming in through referrals and relationships, not just partner handoffs. That feels different, and it is.
Cons
We're "boutique", which is code for "though [they] be but little [they are] fierce". (Shakespeare reference. Sorry. Did I mention we're big ol' geeks? But also if the 9.5 years stat above didn't give me away, this one would.) In my mind being a small company is a perk, but we've had people complain before that we don't have perks like bigger companies do -- yeah, we're under 100 employees, we don't have a lot of leverage to get people discounts at Apple etc! Painful history: we had a large and ill-advised growth spike in 2022 followed by layoffs. It sucked a lot; I was lucky to make it through that. A lot of people didn't. Our standards are HIGH. Again, I LIKE this about us, but this is not a place where you can coast comfortably under the radar for your whole career. If that's what you're looking for, you can go about your business. (Imagine me doing the Jedi mind trick wave.) Move along.