Pros
- Great staff and people especially among the rank and file while they last - Convenient location in SF - Comfortable office space and well stocked kitchen - Awesome office manager(s) - Good benefits including 401K, pre-tax commuter/parking, medical/dental/vision options - Social drinking and schmoozing/boozing including wine fridge and beer tap
Cons
- No 401K matching - Poor and occasional deceptive communication from Executive management while explaining sales failures - Invasion of testosterone driven NY Sales culture - Stress on staff, lack of professional validation and marginalization of roles within the company leading to a subsequent brain drain of original staff trickling out the door - Failure of Fandom rebranding effort in terms of generating new audience or improved revenue outlook - Multiple people routinely fired since 2015 without explanation or acknowledgment - "Red Wedding" layoff event in December 2016 resulting in a loss of staff who had been key to the success of Wikia. Overspending and a failure to meet revenue targets were the cause of the "restructuring" or "right sizing". The people actually responsible for the financial discrepancy notably all kept their jobs - Significant cultural changes from accountability and personal responsibility to CYA and finger pointing - Top heavy management structure rewarded by managing up while talking down to the rank and file - Favoritism and nepotism clearly visible in significant promotions and decision making including yet another SVP hire from outside the company - HR Management ineffectual and widely distrusted and co-opted by the new management