Pros
The ICs were great people who cared about their fellow employees
Cons
-Painted a picture of a visionary "AI" start up with unicorn potential. In reality the product was very sub par, and any quality work was done by ICs who dodged the "technology" to get insights for clients -Leadership team was very out of touch with company progress and what it would actually take to build a platform of the capabilities that were pitched to investors. Im still not sure if they knew how big that gap was or not. -The company was run by a close network of insiders who lacked industry experience. -They financially wrecked any sort of financial upside employees would have had with a turnaround by taking on irresponsible rounds with preference over employee stock. I hope more current employees understand this and challenge the leadership team on this at an all hands. -No one wanted to have tough conversations about the lack of progress. Moved at a snails pace. -Handled 3+ layoff rounds very poorly. -Really bothered me how leadership would take political stances that they knew would put them in a favorable light with employees, but they wouldn't be there when it actually mattered (didn't bother to show up to layoffs for employees who had been there since the beginning)