Pros
You can get good salary if you are lucky, until you are fired. You may find good work life balance, some days are hard but overall it is fine.
Cons
Department is overrun by those who don’t contribute much. Only senior engineers and their junior colleagues are actively engaged, while management only assigns tickets and takes extended breaks. The product is immature and relies heavily on copied features. The co-founders lack a clear vision for the company and shamelessly imitate their competitors. Every feature is treated as an urgent requirement, with phrases like “X wants feature A” or “Y wants feature B” pushing for rushed, half-baked development. This mindset stems from a specific co-founder who is not only immature but also unprofessional, showing a clear lack of understanding of the engineering process. There is a clear lack of ethics in their approach to dismissals. When they intend to let someone go, they frequently try to save on weekend salaries. They schedule firings to avoid paying bonuses or increments, making the termination effective immediately. This behavior reflects a sadistic mindset and a complete lack of decency and professionalism. Furthermore, they insert terms and conditions in the increment letters aimed at saving even more money down the line. One of the co-founders often speaks in a way that feels uncivilized and illiterate, which is more than just unprofessional. He frequently interferes in engineering matters despite lacking any real knowledge of the field. It’s a shame to see a degree wasted like that. The organization is missing a strong engineering leader to steer development effectively. There's excessive micromanagement and a culture of both moral and ethical corruption, with even junior engineers demonstrating more ownership than the management. When an engineer tries to take initiative they are not supported instead micromanaged often blamed for delay despite delivering a better quality. Needless to say there is a lack of recognition of their efforts. Management is fixated on the development due date. At the start of each sprint, they ask engineers for rough estimates, but by the middle of the sprint, those estimates turn into a hard deadline that cannot be altered. If the deadline is missed, all hell will break loose. They struggle to identify where to allocate funds and where to cut costs. Despite facing a hefty AWS bill, they only saved a small amount by shutting down servers on weekends. No one is willing to pursue infrastructure improvements, as it demands skills, time, and effort. The work-from-home and leave policy is truly a joke. If you read other reviews, you'll see that HR and the co-founders have invested a lot of time and effort into crafting it, but their focus seems to be on saving every possible penny rather than supporting employees.