Pros
The first impression is a very positive and friendly company with great team activities, parties, and cool merch.
Cons
When you start, you understand that all of this is actually fake and only serves as a surface-level image rather than reflecting the real internal culture. Totally unprofessional environment with chaos and misalignments everywhere. There are three mandatory office days during the week, fixed with no flexibility. If you want an extra home office day or to swap a mandatory day, you are required to complete additional tasks or initiatives to “earn” it. Even when sick and working from home, management finds reasons to schedule short calls just to verify if you are truly sick. There is a deep lack of trust in employees, resulting in heavy micromanagement. Feedback or advice from employees is not accepted. Almost no benefits-only the bare minimum vacation days. There is a car allowance, but it is unlocked only after completing a second full year, which most employees never reach. None of the founders have previous management experience which results in a lack of fundamental processes and basic management practices. They are self-developing as managers based on a single book they have read and attempt to apply its ideas regardless of the context or projects’ needs. Their ego and lack of trust prevent them from hiring experienced leaders from outside who could introduce proven best practices. Founders openly talk behind employees’ backs and make fun of them. There is no empathy. They are also hostile toward customers, lie, and pressure others to lie as well. Following the “culture” is required to be liked, promoted, or even to keep your job. Simple actions such as going to lunch independently or staying in contact with ex-colleagues are punished. Also voluntary leaving is treated as betrayal. When you perform well and take on additional responsibilities, you are given a fictional job title along with an increasing number of projects and responsibilities. These workloads are impossible to complete without working 10–12 hours per day and on weekends. There is no chance to achieve any work-life balance. Even the poor hygiene of the management cannot be unseen while using a meeting room right after them. Also creates a very bad impression to see female colleagues sitting on founders’ laps during team events and attending recurring private one-on-one meetings outside the office.