Pros
You can run far and fast here. Tons of trust is given to go build compelling solutions. If that motivates you, then this company may be a great fit. We're innovating in a space that can use it and the food space is a fun one. Helping small businesses grow is a great mission!
Cons
Local Kitchens' culture is rough. It's a place where "the ends justify the means", meaning you will need to defend your sanity to stay happy. Burnout culture. If the founders care about the employees, they’ve made it hard to see how. Take as an example: there are no holidays off. You can take off using unlimited PTO, but this is an example where the company has put the onus onto the employee, rather than making the right decision the default decision. Another example: 100% of engineers who joined in the first two years have either left or been let go (something on the order of 5-10 engineers). Poorly communicated vision. In all-hands this is presented as “build 2000 stores”, which is the same as saying “be successful”. Every business wants to be successful. That’s not a vision. A vision has a narrative. Culture doc is funny, it's maybe 14 pages long and something you'd expect to see on a comedy skit about working in tech. Reflects a lot of one founder’s personal values, including a weird, Puritan-like emphasis on health/exercise/diet.