Pros
- Lot's of opportunities to grow and learn - Ambitious colleagues who will go through oceans and over mountains to help each other. - I personally don't advise to work for a startup if you want to maximize your gross wage. The network you build, ability to really make an impact (even fresh out of school) and ability to learn new skills are all things that I personally focus on in the first 15 years of my career. These are all very much applicable to LIZY + they offer a decent market rate gross wage when I compare to friends in other startups and even corporates. A mobility budget or car is included, cool offices, weekly lunch paid by the company, lot's of teambuildings and for me personally something I really appreciate : a generous stock option plan. - I feel like the management team really focuses on hiring A players and it's definitely not easy to get in, but once you join you really have an opportunity of a lifetime and it's a pure meritocracy. - Great investors for example D'Ieteren and Marc Coucke. - What I like is that even when experiments fail, mistakes are made or people basically under perform, positive intent is always assumed and the focus is on learning from what happened vs. blaming.
Cons
Startups like LIZY are not for everyone. They have super ambitious goals and try to do something that no one has ever done before. This obviously means a fast pace, figuring out how to do things along the way, changing dynamics and high expectations. By moving fast, sometimes what is A today, doesn't necessarily mean A tomorrow. This is not for everyone and there have been some hires in the past where the match wasn't that good imho. This can obviously create tensions, as in every fast growing company. I however notice they get better and better at attracting the right people and the atmosphere has been improving in the past months due to some more negative people leaving ways (not always their fault for being negative from time to time, just not the right people at the right place imo).