Pros
* I was able to work completely remote in my role, while still being provided with a work laptop and travel stipend to attend some of the all-hands get togethers in California. (This is rare as a vendor/contractor.) * Quicken paid me better in this role than I have ever been paid in my life. (Although I've mostly worked full-time roles rather than contract.) * The marketing team provided a mentorship opportunity with a lead employee and/or executive. I really enjoyed learning from the executive I was paired with. * They gave me a couple months notice before ending my B2B contract, so I was able to focus on saving and applying to other jobs during that time. * I was able to make an impact and have my hands touch a ton of projects. This made for quite a hefty list of accomplishments to refine for my resume. * The team was patient with me as I built up grit and improved my communication skills and emotional intelligence within my role. * One of my bosses convinced leadership to invest in UX e-commerce research training on Baymard Institute for us, which is great. (Unfortunately I couldn't earn an official certificate for the hours I spent on that platform due to their faulty testing system, but I enjoyed the learning process.) * I also saw many employees being treated with great respect and dignity there. So yay for those employees... but it wasn't clear what set them apart from those of us that had to deal with many more difficulties and road blocks.
Cons
* There was very high turnover on all the teams I was in close contact with--marketing and web development. I was in my position for about 2.5 years and was working under my 4th boss during the time I was laid off. * There was a lot of (what seemed like) intentional chaos around processes, team structures, and role responsibilities. * There was a lack of respect for the career path I expressed wanting for myself. In fact, the only position that I was offered to be brought on as a full-time employee with was the role that I had told leadership I didn't want to do--which was primarily project management. About a week after I told them I was pregnant, they listed my turning down of that role as the reason they were ending my vendor contract. Meanwhile the only other employee that also got let go that season had communicated that she was trying to get pregnant too... I'm not saying its related, but it did make me wonder. * I witnessed others' high quality work, as well as my own, get trashed and deprioritized with, what I felt were, invalid reasons behind it. * Cyber security on my work computer felt like a constant issue. When I expressed concerns to IT, HR, and team members, I was shrugged off, ignored, or treated like it was my own technical ignorance. * I don't use Quicken personal finance software now because I don't feel that I can trust the company. I know they have incentives to keep personal data private, but the cyber security and privacy there felt wishy washy at best, so I don't feel comfortable integrating my financial data with them. And I feel horrible writing that, but it's true.