Pros
- Smart, hardworking people - Fun social events - On the job SQL training - Solid executive leadership -- they walk the walk. - Occasional opportunities to work on interesting projects - Dogs
Cons
The pay here is low and raises are hard to come by. I know five people at Rover who all do great work (including saving the company hundreds of thousands of dollars), and have gotten nothing but good feedback in their reviews, and who still have never gotten a promotion or raise. There are lots of high flying, overachievers in the company and promotions are limited (though they will tell you otherwise), so you really have to do something big to get any monetary recognition. Rover acts like the leveling and review process is this solid, objective system; yet I know someone with the exact title as me, doing the same work as me, but making 25% less, all while being told that their salary is competitive for their title. On the other hand, I know someone with the same level of experience as me who makes 15% more. They completely misstated the value of my stock options in my initial offer. Even in the best case scenario, Rover's stock options don't make up for the difference in their low pay and zero match on the 401k. (Though if you got in during the really early days, maybe your stock options do bridge that gap.)