Pros
Diversity - while a great asset but a dual edged sword
Cons
For a security software company, I endured a dysfunctional frat-culture with pervasive fake malice spread around by toxic bosses. The requisite moral ethics, conscience and fairness were entirely missing. When told about risks and vulnerabilities, I had to be prepared to get mobbed and retaliated - even yelled, cussed-at and cruelly ostracized. The C level management and project leadership run by middle-easterners who hire cheapest Indian and east-European labor (why no African American minorities??) perpetuate misrepresentations and toxically targeted bullying as their forte. So, after they forced me out on the street, besides attempting to sabotage a career they once again delayed paying my approved time-sheet so far to inflict even more pain. As long as everybody colludes with their circus, they're fine, but any proactive or security related pre-emption leaves one feeling like a third-world slave at a labor camp in Saudi Arabia. These teams collude like band-of-thieves as they falsely exaggerate their products, but once they identify a non-conformist, they frequently sabotage someone's work/livelihood to get that person fired - i saw it happen to one of their own, a contractor who designed excellent UI. The golden boys were abusive and brazenly profane in their own language (Asian, east-European). The CTO actid like a spine-less sociopath who loves playing the rabid chump overfed with malicious and libelous crap by the tech-leads and spends gaslighting his victim to display his power. Any constructive criticism only gets you marginalized. To retaliate and force a resignation, project leads avoided giving references and even dodged mortgage-related refinancing verification to inflict more hardships. Just out of some delusional sense of "military-grade product design" it is an abomination to bring in acclaimed military standards to such decrepit and abominable corporate culture. It is generally an act of decency and ethical conduct for employers to have a responsible code of ethics to at least acknowledge someone whose work has been successfully implemented, no matter how much maligned and abused. Eventually by the time i realized it, but it was too late and it might affect future prospects. Frankly, they' re just not worth the risk of being held hostage against the willful defamation, hostile and deceptive practices towards your work ethics, and the sabotage of your credibility and career. I look forward to the blowback and the glowing reviews in response.