Pros
The engineering of the Sling TV product, which was my area of focus, was challenging and I learned A LOT from the experience and even was awarded a patent, which I never expected in my career. When Sling TV was first announced at CES, it was exciting to see it garner so much attention and accolades. When it launched, it was fun to talk to friends, family and even strangers about my job and then discover that they were using the product I helped build! With my role, I was fortunate to have opportunities to travel to other parts of the U.S. to meet with other successful businesses. A few times I was able to travel to parts of the world (Europe and India) to meet with our off-shore teams. I enjoyed working with the majority of my co-workers and team members as well.
Cons
Sadly, there are far too many to mention and the reason for my decision to seek employment elsewhere. The root cause is likely due to senior leadership being "old school", in other words, they still apply the archaic command-and-control style of management starting from the top. It has created a toxic environment where many employees are working in fear. Those of us that have tried to encourage a more modern, people-centric way of managing have been ignored or criticized for it. Employee feedback has been more or less ignored as well and resulting in employees no longer speaking up during Q&As or staff meetings. We were told at least twice by two different individuals in the head HR role that if we didn't like the "culture", we could find jobs elsewhere. Basically, they are trying to build an organization of loyal "yes men/women". If you fit their mold, you might enjoy working there. If not, don't expect your perspective or insight to have any value or trigger any change. This way of working and expectation has significantly poisoned/tainted what could otherwise have been a fun place to work on an exciting product. Instead, the command-and-control style of management, lack of a positive culture and sub-par benefit package are resulting in an exodus of employees from Sling TV. They currently can't recruit or retain people. Unfortunately, Sling TV is going nowhere fast.
