Great if you're in any department but sales, finance, or engineering
Pros
Great people, fun culture, unlimited pto, catered lunch every Thursday, free healthy snacks all day, dog-friendly workplace, flexible scheduling, working remotely optional, casual dress code, avocado toast wednesdays, free exercise and yoga classes as well as personal development training sessions, room for growth and establishing procedures as well as processes, there is a culture of gratitude which is nice, beer in the fridge for after 4pm.
Cons
Pay is low for the workload, departments have no time for training, poor work/life balance which ironically means you can't use as much of the unlimited PTO as you'd like, many of the "optional" team building activities are actually mandatory which makes it hard to get any work done and creates a lack of boundaries between work and personal life, constant meetings make it hard to get any work done, the job requires public speaking with a microphone during "sensei sessions" and "offsite" team building events which can make more introverted employees extremely uncomfortable, busy and loud work environment is hugely distracting and there are very few quiet spaces for concentrated work, huge lack of diversity most of the staff is white (even though there are a few POC sprinkled around here and there), the "fun" vibe is a little too enforced by CEO and can sometimes feel cult-like and fake as opposed to genuine, work is not spread out evenly between departments which means some departments go home at 4:30 and some go home at 7pm and take their work home with them for weekends. No amount of healthy snacks can make up for the lack of work/life balance. There is a major lack of structure and communication in departments, but that's to be expected with startups. DO NOT DRINK THE KOOL-AID. There are plenty of start-ups out there that will pay more, demand less, and make the headaches and growing pains worth it.
