Pros
At this point, if I could give a ZERO star review, I would. In the beginning of my journey at Orchestra things were good, really, really good. The co-founders had a solid working relationship, the executive team was leading by example, some really seasoned professionals came in and implemented meaningful changes. Unfortunately all of the "Pros" walked out the door... The co-founder (CFO/CRO) was clearly pushed out and then all of the other great leaders that had had made this place so amazing either ran away like the building was on fire or were fired for challenging the CEO or his nightmare of a choice in COO. So that left decent beer, some well meaning front-line employees and fairly solid benefits packages (maternity/paternity leave and bereavement policies all established by the previously mentioned rock star leaders) which are what has made what is left of this polished turd barely tolerable.
Cons
I'll preface this part with the disclaimer that I have never in my 15+ year professional career have I ever left a negative review for anyone, NEVER. As a rule, I fundamentally disagree with airing dirty laundry in public but this place doesn't deserve the opportunity to lure great people under false pretense anymore. To say that the CEO at Orchestra is both incompetent and gullible would be a monumental understatement. He's a complete disaster... a sadomasochistic nightmare. He seems to take pleasure in both the giving and receiving of misdirection, manipulation and humiliation. His complete inability to see the damage that his lies, ego and poor choices in leadership (COO) have caused will ultimately cost him his company. But hey, if you're a complete disaster yourself and enjoy working with a completely unqualified and clueless team of leaders who have no idea what they're doing but rather are where they are because of their relationship to the COO you might have struck gold. If you enjoy lip service and have no problem with leaders who lie to your face and on this platform because they care more about keeping up appearances than actually facing hard truths then this is the place for you. Orchestra is now the place where saying you have integrity matters more than actually having integrity. Where doing the bare minimum while bragging about going above and beyond is the gold standard and where people who prefer being paid above market rate to keep silent and endure the insanity go to thrive.