-Apathy. There is so much apathy in the room, it's honestly depressing. People seen tired, stressed, and disillusioned 90% of the time.
-Unless you're a respected engineer or "in" with one of the directors/executives, the pay is not even close to competitive. In some cases, $20K or more below market average, in Santa Monica, at that.
-Even worse, there is such blatantly obvious misogyny. Zero women in C office. Very, very few women in upper management. When the promotions emails come around, not too many women on that too. Also, look at the careers page, all men there too! Complete boys' club.
-Unlimited vacation? Sure, with unlimited work and unrealistic expectations. Again, this is not across the board, but very obvious for some. Some people are horrifically overworked.
-Terrible HR and office management. The people on the team are fine, but the processes are awful. It feels like they're completely inexperienced. They mean well, but execution just plain sucks.
-If you're not an engineer or in the "boys' club," you likely won't get any stock options.
-No one actually tracks the company's KPIs in any meaningful manner, so we never know what's going on.