Pros
* Amazing health care benefits. * The new CEO appears to genuinely care about the company and employees' work-life balance. * Located at a gorgeous spot by the waterfront.
Cons
* The company has always been plagued by poor upper management that refuses to accept responsibility for the problems it causes. * Company hasn't had a clear identity or mission for some time now. * Has a history of indiscriminate layoffs. When the company starts to lose money its most talented software and techops engineers are fired, entire teams are dissolved, which further exacerbates personnel problems, creates knowledge vaccuums, and leaves entire sectors of the infrastructure unmaintained. This is a pattern that has repeated itself several times. * Company rarely promotes from within. * The quality of Synacor's software offerings is rapidly diminishing due to the loss of engineering talent over the years and systemic problems that have never been addressed (poor or lack of documentation, flimsy adherence to coding standards, no official architectural oversight, hesitancy to upgrade/modernize/replace poorly performing subsystems and outdated tech)