Pros
- Hybrid -> WFH twice a week - Work from abroad for a month per year - Lunch, snack, coffee and tea for free - No strict dress code, just come as you are - Multicultural workforce and LGBTQ+ tolerance - If you don't allow the cons to get under your skin, work/life balance is pretty good
Cons
- Pay could be better, as it does not match the salary range of other big tech companies - Micromanagement is hardcoded to the culture of the company; however, the weight of micromanagement is subject to the team lead. - Meritocracy is nonexistent. The performance reviews are a joke and are often used as a tool to force out employees and make excuses for paying lower bonuses, rather than as a reflection and improvement tool. An employee could do the work equivalent of going to the moon and back, and the performance review outcome will be an M for "constantly meets expectations" if not M- for "occasionally meets expectations", based on nonsensical KPIs or KPIs that are out of the employee's control. This practice is well-documented in the media and can be verified with a quick online search. - Career progression is at least slow, if not nonexistent. - "Always Day 1" is supposed to be a core cultural value that emphasises an entrepreneurial mindset and a startup-like approach to work. However, this is not exactly the case. This value is frequently used as a "swim or sink" excuse for poor managerial decisions and last-minute changes to crucial aspects of the job requirements.