Pros
- Some of my coworkers were really smart and kind people. If I found myself in a position to work on a project with those people and they also happened to enjoy being collaborative, really great things would happen. - The fast-paced environment allowed/forced me to learn new things at a rapid pace (which isn't always a pro)
Cons
- Both pay and the process (if you can call it that) around promotions and raises are terrible. Raises only happen when you seem like a real flight risk. - Management is pretty clueless across the board. Most of the people with power and influence made their way into those positions because they joined the company very early on and stayed around long enough to ride the coattails of company growth up the ladder. Almost everyone in management has never held their current position before, so they have no idea how to perform the duties of their role and there is no sense that they're working on improving. - Turnover is abysmal. The senior leadership team tries to spin this as normal turnover for a high growth company, but in reality, most people are leaving for the reasons listed above and/or they are fired with little notice because they don’t drink the Ibotta kool-aid. - To drive the turnover problem point home, there has been a shocking level of instability on the senior leadership team. Over the past year, the CFO, the CPO (chief people officer), and the CMO have all left the company (seemingly because they were fired, but it was unclear). - “Transparency” is a core value at Ibotta, but this is generally displayed through vanity metrics about how well the company is doing. Any question directed at the senior leadership team around the issues listed above is met with aggression and condescension.