Pros
1. Location. Location. Location = Presidio, CA 2. Catered lunches/lunch allowance 3. 100% paid health insurance 4. Swag
Cons
1. Toxic work environment: There have been a handful of incidences at various locations of SoFi Engineering where female employees were treated unprofessionally in forms of harassment, discrimination based on national origin, and retaliation. HR itself was part of the problem - i.e., instead of coaching managers on equal employment opportunity, SoFi HR worked actively to intimidate and retaliate against employees who reported unlawful behavior among superiors. 2. Culture marked by favoritism, not meritocracy: SoFi continues to have a palpable culture of favoritism in all of its offices and departments. For example, the favorites readily threaten to leave, are offered higher compensation packages, and walk around like thugs. This culture was encouraged under SoFi 1.0 where the founder/CEO, his wife who was the CTO, and the CFO all had their chosen-ones who got were invincible. This culture continues to be fostered in SoFi 2.0 under Anthony Noto because some of the former leadership on the ground remains intact and continue the status quo. They need to go! 3. 'Us' vs. 'Them' sentiments among various SoFi offices: Since the new CEO - Anthony Noto - came in almost a year ago, he rolled out a campaign of 'One SoFi' to unite the various geographical offices and departments. However, this has led to more distrust and has become a mocking matter. Most of competent SoFi 1.0 employees left to either join the ousted-CEO's new company or to another company.