Pros
- comp package was decent, but you could do much better if you are an engineer - free drinks and snacks, catered lunch and dinner - some smart coworkers - some people there actually believed in the mission - shiny new office in the twitter building - decent benefits, but nothing exciting when you consider other tech companies benefits package
Cons
- huge dependency on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for revenue. when google manually penalized the company's search results, revenue dropped significantly hence the recent layoffs. you don't want to join a company that suffers tremendously when google sneezes - no marketing competency. the current CMO (CEO's childhood friend) was universally reviled. interim CMO is competent and a skilled leader but not sure how long he is staying around - no accountability and ownership in an over-engineered matrix reporting structure - incompetent senior leadership from CEO downwards. senior leadership plays the blame game and favoritism runs rampant - lack of product strategy, vision, and traction. an uninspiring chief product officer from realtor.com and yahoo pushed people out and hired his old friends from realtor.com and yahoo - virtually no growth this year (think single digit %) - the company officially laid off 100 people this year (40 in april, 6 in july, and 53 in november), but likely more behind the scenes. just google nerdwallet techcrunch - the company got rid of its cash bonus and only financial incentive to perform is to be promoted for measly equity refreshers - morale is extremely low after multiple rounds of layoffs, stagnant revenue, and lack of product traction. everyone is looking for a new job and half the people are constantly on 'vacations' (read: interviewing)