Pros
Excellent community of employees, most are fresh out of college and rearing to prove themselves. Enjoyable team building events when they are held (CEO is fun when drunk). Coming in, looks like another normal startup in downtown SF full of diverse young professionals with mix and match desks/chairs lol. Definitely fun until you start seeing all the cracks and inconstancies.
Cons
Poor management and lying to investors by omitting facts and misleading details about company numbers. Shady business practices resulting in our company's IP being blocked on a regular basis. Specifically, this was due to spamming other social marketing platforms under false names and identities to advertise Verlocal and its classes, going directly against terms of service on Meetup.com and Eventbrite. This eventually resulted in a Cease and Desist letter threatening to sue. Very high turnover rate of employees due to long hours and no overtime pay. No flexibility of schedule -- in at precisely 9AM each day and working until 7:30PM earliest. And sometimes weekends. Many promises from management, but zero follow through. Many employees lost their jobs due to grudges from CEO (saving face) and not actual performance related reasons.
