Pros
- RSUs (part of the salary is in stock, backdated 2 years) - smart people
Cons
- smart people who are jerks - literally no perks ($100 off Amazon, that's all) - unbelievable pressure; no support from management or HR -- they are just here to get the most out of you. Managers will interfere with you at all times, even though they are supposed to be non-technical. - no work life balance, nobody cares about you - insane on-call schedule: 8-12 hour shifts, night or day, once a week. No extra pay. You have 10 minutes to answer the pager and 30 mins to solve the problem or heads roll. Great for customers but insane for you! Expect to be busy the entire 8-12 hours. - culture is shockingly disempowering; innovation is a myth. It's all about getting things out as fast as possible. No project ever lasts a long time so there is only so much you can accomplish. Don't bother asking people questions -- that is extremely frowned upon - completely siloed teams. Every team reinvents the wheel. No infrastructure or tools team. - Extremely hierarchical system. Being a PE gives you power over everyone below you and is a huge advantage. In 2 years, 200+ people team, nobody got promoted to PE. 2 people got promoted to SDE3 working 100 hour weeks. Is it really worth it?? - everything runs by the 'leadership principles'. Everything. Read them closely. There is nothing there about caring for your employees, caring for your coworkers. The only recurring message in there is bending over backwards for customers. That's all that's important to this company.