Pros
-Amazing people who genuinely do have your best interests and the interests of the company at heart -True commitent to the mission and actual progress in terms of diversifying the company -Founders who spend a great deal of time explaining different facets of the business to the entire team and creating space for discussion and questioning. -Super fun company activities, retreats etc -Great collaboration and teamwork - I think that most people there are doing their best and love the work, and that is obvious when you work with them
Cons
-Lack of salary transparency - I was making at least 20k less than everyone on my team (even those at the same level) and didn't find out until I was laid off. -No room for growth - I directly asked for timelines on promotions and never got legitimate answers. -Poor business strategy - we changed around our sales and marketing strategies every month or so and never gave anything time to bring in money or prove successful. -Lack of research in the field - this fed into our poor business strategy. Not nearly enough decisions based on actual data and more based on the opinions of a select few leaders. -Insular culture - core people who had been there since the beginning ran everything and that will never change, regardless of whether they are good people managers or not.