Pros
- Replicant has found a niche spot on the contact centre automation industry. They have a product that really solves the problem contact centres are facing right now. They have, what we call in startup business, a product market fit. Which means Replicant will be successful startup if the leadership runs it correctly. Could end up becoming one of the unicorn startups. - The technology is new so if you like challenges, you would find them for sure. - The health benefits are probably the best I have seen. Everything is covered pretty much 100% so as an employee you would not be paying out of the pocket. - "Unlimited" (4 weeks) vacation is definitely good. Working from Home is also a big Plus.
Cons
- As its standard with any startup, the product was developed in a haste to bring in clients and revenue. However, even after raising Series B, this is still the case. Business is still focusing on bringing revenue so much so that they are forgetting about the people who are doing the actual work. - This hastily developed product has many failing points. Rather than fixing them to solidify the product, company is always looking at fancy new ideas to bring in more revenue. - To meet the revenue expectations, business keeps changing the goal post every month. This leads to engineers suffering and working extra hours to deliver this changed goal post. There have been couple of instances where business dropped the very idea that would've improved engineers life just to focus on business goals. - Company spends most of the cash on sales, marketing, and rightfully so. However, even the promotions are also only given in these departments. No single promotion has happened in engineering department in the last 2 years I have been at the company. - There is more work than people. Company is always late in hiring. In addition to that, theres always urgency and tight timelines in everything we do. So expect to work extra hours almost all the time. Say good bye to work life balance. Senior engineers are more susceptible to this. They are working 3/4 different roles under the ambiguous "Senior Engineer" role. Due to this, the compensation offered seems dwarfed in comparison to other companies with similar role.