Pros
After working here for many years it isn't so bad having to adjust to the workplace workload. Gotta spend the extra hours sometimes. Management sometimes have a hard time to see the issues in the workplace but once they figure it out, they start taking initiatives. The real pro of the workplace are your coworkers, without them, work is very boring. You will have to roll with the punches. You will have excellent coworkers here that are worth bouncing ideas back and forth with. It comes from you, not from them. Senior management who weren't senior before are funny to speak to because they have good character, and have lived the years at Spokeo. There's free lunch here and they pay for your free conference every year. There are monthly team events that keeps the spirit alive across every team. The culture team is very kind and they run donations and charities, (they give!) The QA team has matured drastically over time, has been impeccable with releases. The place still tops the salary of senior engineers compared against silicon beach. BTW this is my 2nd review, the last one was two years ago! It's still okay. There are bike racks if you like to ride your bike. There are many little lounge areas that are comfortable. TV's and monitors everywhere! Building features are exciting, the ideas are really well crafted. Of course, stuff is sometimes not ready. Be prepared to gather feature requirements. Be chill. The place is still thriving with smart people that like to build something new, change things.
Cons
In many workplaces there are things that you can't be happy about. Sometimes there's the slight passive aggressiveness in the workplace. I mean, people have character, but that's who they are. I can live with that. I've dealt with things like this in the past, I know the measure of growth of a person working in the tech industry, so it's not like it won't change. Maturity takes time. Sometimes, decisions are weird, and we ask ourselves, why are we doing this? Can we slow down and think about it? Deadlines are fierce, but it's calmed down a bit. I'm not the one to complain. The lack of understanding sometimes exists in many forms. Some of which I can't really discuss. You will see this a lot in the office. Slight increase in turn over rate because of what I just mentioned earlier. Great talents have left because they have been misunderstood. People didn't listen to them, or consult them. We run out of food sometimes! I like the food!!! People are too fearless, there's a lot of things broken. But that's progress I guess! Hey ! I'm just being honest. Stop breaking stuff! Work/Life balance suffered this year, but it's okay, I managed. We need better work/life balance.
