Bitly FAQ

Pros

- The people: every person I have worked with shows respect, passion, and care for Bitly and for others. - The product: the product team and growth team are constantly experimenting and launching new features, edits, etc. which shows the passion! - The culture: as mentioned above, the culture focuses on respect, growth, and recently accelerating the initiatives in DE&I. There is an strong work/life balance, and mental health benefits with unlimited PTO. The management is respectful of your time, and skills and will help you succeed in your career. - The leadership: the leadership team is transparent, and respectful, and you can tell that each person on the team has a positive outlook for Bitly and the people.

Cons

Can't think of any at the time, honestly.

Pros

Helpful teams with many generous co-workers. Fresh plans and creative thinking is exciting. Very good benefits. Good growth. Thoughtful managers.

Cons

Confusing product or is it just an add-on? Not getting partners because there is no value-add to offer. Engineering is a drain to interface with - inefficient, stingy, don't work in unison and siloed from company.

Advice to Management

Think big and pivot on our advances. Where do you see Bitly 5 years from now? Don't bend over backward for the self absorbed engineers. They are just one part that must work together in service to others, eg In person demos brought valuable discussions!

Pros

- The people: every person I have worked with shows respect, passion, and care for Bitly and for others. - The product: the product team and growth team are constantly experimenting and launching new features, edits, etc. which shows the passion! - The culture: as mentioned above, the culture focuses on respect, growth, and recently accelerating the initiatives in DE&I. There is an strong work/life balance, and mental health benefits with unlimited PTO. The management is respectful of your time, and skills and will help you succeed in your career. - The leadership: the leadership team is transparent, and respectful, and you can tell that each person on the team has a positive outlook for Bitly and the people.

Cons

Can't think of any at the time, honestly.

Pros

- The people: every person I have worked with shows respect, passion, and care for Bitly and for others. - The product: the product team and growth team are constantly experimenting and launching new features, edits, etc. which shows the passion! - The culture: as mentioned above, the culture focuses on respect, growth, and recently accelerating the initiatives in DE&I. There is an strong work/life balance, and mental health benefits with unlimited PTO. The management is respectful of your time, and skills and will help you succeed in your career. - The leadership: the leadership team is transparent, and respectful, and you can tell that each person on the team has a positive outlook for Bitly and the people.

Cons

Can't think of any at the time, honestly.

Pros

Smart and talented colleagues, plenty of opportunities to build, create, have autonomy, flexible fridays all-year round, unlimited PTO, now more focus on DEI and mental health. new leadership that actually cares and communicates. we have a company all-hands every other week. After too many years of being complacent, Bitly finally seems to be on a growth track that people are excited about. new leadership is a big reason for that.

Cons

Growing quickly and all the pains that go along with that. Can't hire fast enough but they are trying.

Advice to Management

Keep hiring to support your teams and avoid burnout. please never get rid of flex fridays