Pros
There are still good people in the business and some teams do try to support each other
Cons
The culture has shifted significantly and now feels much more negative, performative, and exhausting than it used to. People are overstretched, burnout feels common, and I have seen multiple colleagues pushed to the point of tears. Even basic day-to-day standards feel lower than before, including the general level of care people take over shared spaces and the working environment. Recognition is poor and credit is often not given fairly. Credit theft happens at multiple levels, which makes it hard to trust people around you. Proactive and meaningful work can be dismissed or quietly absorbed, while small but visible contributions receive disproportionate praise when they are delivered by the right kind of person. It creates a culture where optics matter more than substance. There is strong pressure to be agreeable, and even mildly contrary views can get you labelled as negative. That makes it harder to challenge things constructively or raise concerns honestly. Management quality is inconsistent, with toxic behaviours tolerated for too long. There were also times when the environment did not feel equally respectful or comfortable for everyone, particularly for some women, and those situations were not addressed strongly enough. The quality bar in hiring feels noticeably lower than it used to be. There seems to be more emphasis placed on agreeableness and who has the most enthusiasm during interviews than on genuine technical calibre, and the technical assessment process no longer feels as rigorous or discerning as it once was. Most of all pay is below market and there is no meaningful bonus to offset that. Benefits are dismal for a company that expects a very high level of effort, and areas like pension and parental leave feel especially ungenerous. The learning budget is used as a selling point, but personal development is discouraged unless it is immediately visible and useful to the business. In reality it sits largely untouched. Overall, it feels like a company that demands a lot, rewards visibility over impact, and gives back the minimum.
