Pros
You can tell the CEO and the people in the higher positions have got a strong passion for the product and the mission. They genuinely care about the people and invest in them. They listen and act upon our request, whether it's HR issues, work-related issues, personal issues - they have a system where it works in favor of democracy, not bureaucracy. There has been a slip and fall as the company scale, but overall they've done and adapted very well, considering how big the company is growing.
Cons
- Long hours 9-6 pm - Bare minimum pay - the starting salary is London living wage, which is better than minimum wage, but you simply can't live comfortably living in London with that pay. - I feel as a company that has scaled so rapidly in the past 1-2 years, investing in rewarding the people for sticking around through the rapid growth in the company, by giving them above market pay is fair. Yes, we have shares incentives and bonuses, but it's not very exciting to hear when your month-to-month pay is still unsatisfactory. Whilst you know the company you worked for probably spent significantly more on marketing. - A lot of people in entry-level positions have left the company in pursuit of a better work arrangement/pay, not necessarily because of general unhappiness in the work environment. Which is very unfortunate.
