Pros
Many people are nice to work with, discount is good.
Cons
Culture of fear where people compete endlessly to be valued or get any form of new opportunities. There’s the idea pushed around that there is career development but for some reason no one is able to find or use that career development “budget” save for one or two people at the top. The jobs here don’t pay well enough for this to be the culture at REI. The culture of racial inclusivity is also largely talk as I’ve seen only one black person actually hired on the larger product team, which is comprised of more than 50 people. When they are done with you, they push people out cruelly rather than lay them off. I’ve seen it happen to a few of my colleagues and I think they would have rather just been laid off. Finally, PTO is not great.