Pros
Most interviewees can smell the crazy from a mile away and stay away, but the incredibly rare additions that had been made to the team constituted a legit Avengers crew that, if harnessed and steered properly, could make some groundbreaking, incredible stuff together, owing to their diverse backgrounds. Although it's due to complete incompetence at the executive level, you're given an extremely long leash to work from home, handle personal needs, and work in whatever style you'd like. I had so much opportunity to experiment and learn from my coworkers making the best of a terrible situation.
Cons
The cons list is orders of magnitude longer than the pros list. Where do I even begin? This company is doomed to fail, because none of its foundation is solid. The founder/CEO has a history of former companies left in nothing other than smoking wreckage. Our work was basically a never-ending Burning Man art project, with zero focus applied to consolidating into shippable products or business models. It's like being in an abusive relationship. Being gaslighted, and endlessly seeing the goalposts moved left me traumatized with anxiety attacks and triggers. CEO 100% refuses to accept any input from anyone because the only thing that is important is that he is exerting his will, despite having no plan. I can't tell you how many times, for example, me and several other people told him to run ONE Google search on the phrase "red pill" from 2015 onwards and see what he finds. You don't own this phrase anymore dude, you can't go out there named Red Pill! It's not your (poorly positioned) reference to make anymore! You're sitting on a Toxic brand! Company invested into several rebranding efforts which just get thrown in the trash because CEO didn't come up with it. At one point he was banned from entering the building, because he micromanages, distracts and harasses everyone while he's there. There was a consensus that we got a lot more done without him there. Some internet research on Atlantis Cyberspace, Virtual Edge and other Scallie ventures will show you that we aren't even the first people to come up with this idea! Pathetic. You feel like you're going insane watching executive coup after executive coup and being told that THIS is what the new plan is.