Pros
Leadership genuinely trusts you to own your domain. I came in with a mandate to modernize IT operations and was given the runway to do it — tooling decisions, vendor selection, automation strategy, all of it. The company is scaling fast, which means there's no shortage of meaningful problems to solve, and cross-functional partners in Security and People Ops are collaborative rather than territorial. The tech stack is modern and there's real appetite for doing things the right way rather than duct-taping solutions together. Compensation and benefits are competitive, and the team culture skews toward people who care about craft.
Cons
Growing quickly means priorities shift and you're often building the plane while flying it. A small team covering a large employee base means you have to be comfortable context-switching constantly. Not unique to GlossGenius, but worth knowing going in.