Best team I've ever worked with - Product Manager Pavilion Employee Review

- The mission to fix procurement is super inspiring. When we help governments purchase disaster relief supplies or improvements to local infrastructure, it's clear how the work directly impacts the public. - The team is wonderful to work with. People are friendly and fun but also really engaged. Engineers say this is the fastest team they've ever seen and a great place to learn by doing. The mission attracts teammates interested in civics, and from diverse backgrounds (engineering is mostly women + nonbinary folks!). People genuinely like hanging out. - Compared to other startups, the founders did an amazing job setting up mature processes and a nontoxic work-life balance. They set an example of working hard while also prioritizing kids & family.

- Marketplaces are hard. Designing for multiple core user personas with a small team is hard (and a constant balancing act). There's a lot to do, and a high velocity bar. It can feel intense sometimes. - Like a lot of startups its age, Pavilion had a rough time transitioning from the ZIRP era to a harder fundraising environment. More focus on revenue earlier would've made things a lot easier later.

Best team I've every worked with, no comparison. Super mission-driven - everyone is here because they want to build a business that has a positive impact on the world. Really eager and excited public entity users - it's fun working with procurement teams and other public servants who are really grateful and happy that we're building products for them. They're very underserved and very appreciative and friendly!

It's a startup-up solving a hard problem, so "work-life balance" probably isn't the right focus. I'm not working because someone tells me to (or is Slacking me after hours or on weekends), but I do end up working more than I would at at FAANG company. But it's because there's a lot to do, limited time to do it, and I'm really excited about what we're building, and my team members are in the trenches with me, too.