Pros
Calix has transformed over the last 4 years from a hardware company with an amazing focus on customer success into a cloud, software and hardware company that is focused on ... customer success. That is core to everything the company has done. You feel it from the top down. To achieve that, we have become a fully virtual culture with work-from-anywhere across the company, very transparent from the CEO down with constant communication on the good and bad and a clear focus on hiring and retaining the best talent. I love that part of our culture. The company is all about teamwork, no politics and people having each others backs as we make our customers successful. It is a great team and amazing culture.
Cons
We work hard - as a team. If you are looking for a 9-5 job, this is not it. In my entire. career, I have never had a 9-5 job and great teams don't work that way. We are doing hard things, as we change the company - that means commitment. As a company, we are disrupting our industry, which means that we take risks and as we find our way to that new market model, there can be ambiguity. Not everyone is suited for that (It is common in a start-up but less so in a half-billion-dollar company - but it is our reality). Through that we expect team members to help us find that path, make the way and lead the company.