Pros
Facility is amazing. Product is simply sweet. Loved the MacBook.
Cons
The list is long and comprehensive. Culture shattered. Pay decreased. Quota increased. Diversity flew out the window. Podium WAS something special - even seemed to survive the pandemic. But time told a whole new story. In the Utah bubble, tech companies can get away with being loaded with white Mormon men - ESPECIALLY at the executive level. The Utah bubble doesn’t question that too much. BUT - as the pandemic opened up opportunities to hire across the US - the Utah bubble popped. Podium hired from outside their nest and it revealed the incredibly obvious fact that white, male and LDS is the path to success! If ya got 2 out of 3 of those - you have a chance. This stems from a single source. CEO. Eric is young, charismatic, and energetic, but very two faced and untrusting of the talent that has been hired. Publicly he speaks well. Privately he is a an insecure control freak who spends his time surfing the Slack channels to see who might be speaking poorly of him. I was told early on - “Never get on his bad side, don’t challenge him - or it will be the end of your career.” Confirmed. That’s NOT a rumor - his exec team knows it. They even coach leaders on how to navigate Eric and his insecurities. Eric should step aside for just a few and let Dennis have a shot at it. While less of a showman - he is simple, direct, honest and focused.