Pros
Most employees are super friendly and helpful. The organization is flexible when it comes to switching teams, if needed. 401k benefits are decent. Yearly kick off trip is lots of fun.
Cons
The company leaders are backwards thinking, evidenced by their stringent back-to-office policy (which is strict for US offices only) and disproportionately affects lower-ranking employees compared to upper management. Directors and VP-level personnel often demonstrate infrequent office attendance, fostering a perception of unequal treatment. This company approach to micromanage is obviously aimed at cultivating a false sense of camaraderie at the office, by pressuring especially lower-level staff to physically be present in the office, all of this for us to seat on virtual meetings via Microsoft Teams while we are in the office. It just doesn’t make sense. On top of that, the limited office space, devoid of cubicles and excessively reliant on a few conference rooms for a workforce of approximately 60-80 employees per office, poses significant challenges to productivity. The company's compensation packages fall below industry standards, both in comparison to competitors and the broader tech market in the US. Failure to align with the compensation norms in Silicon Valley and other tech hubs results in good talent avoiding the company, or leaving Planisware. ~90% of US management are French and there’s growing dissatisfaction that employees are getting promoted/ or not being reprimanded, only because they are French. Some of these same managers are not qualified for the jobs they are doing, or do not perform on the level needed, but it feels like this does not matter to leadership.