Pros
Some very good people in the company that will probably end up leaving - judging from the conversations that I had with some of them.
Cons
When I initially joined Holistic, I didn't read any reviews about the company, but after I was fired, quite recently, I started reading all the reviews on Glassdoor and I realised that there is a pattern. Apart from a solitary individual, senior leadership remains disconnected from regular employees, although given that this is a startup, one would expect senior people to work alongside regular employees but that's not the case at Holistic AI. I understand your skepticism, but you read it correctly and it raises the same concern that I had - if senior leaders are absent from the daily interactions it suggests a lack of genuine concern for their workforce, making terminations all the more straightforward. It's an exceedingly unusual culture for a startup, I know! Furthermore, be cautious about believing any promises they make. They may express intentions of collaborating to create an exceptional product and company. Yet, in the end, if your performance doesn't align with their undisclosed criteria, you'll find yourself terminated, with no explanation of what 'good enough' even means. I want to conclude by saying that you should not have any hopes of Holistic AI showing concern for your career goals, as they will promptly shut down any attempts to initiate such discussions.