Pros
It's fun to work at Guru. Getting to contribute to such an awesome knowledge management product and building out AI capabilities is super fun. The people ops team have been very creative in holding remote team building events, like cooking classes, virtual concerts, crafting, cocktail making, etc. It's amazing to see how people are still highly engaged and connected after over a year of remote work. But the most special thing about Guru is its genuine, nurturing culture. From leadership to management to coworkers, people at Guru care about professional and personal growth. People are authentically interested in learning and growing. When mistakes/conflicts happen, there's no blame game, only intentional learning from them. Guru also cares about our well being. We've had many company-wide 4-day weekends since the pandemic, and very often we get reminded to take time off for ourselves.
Cons
As is common with startups, the company went through a shift in direction last year, including personnel changes. The company is at a great place right now, and Guru has always been and still is a great place to work at, but it is not immune to the growing pains of a young company.