Pros
The calibre of people here is genuinely exceptional. Engineering, product, and revenue teams are all staffed with people who care deeply about what they're building. You're not just surrounded by smart colleagues, you're surrounded by people with taste and ambition. That makes a real difference to the quality of your day-to-day work. The autonomy given to employees is unusually high for a company of this size. If you have a good idea and can make the case for it, you'll get the space to execute on it. There's no bureaucracy for its own sake. I've been able to own genuinely strategic projects that would take years to touch at a larger organisation. Leadership is accessible and transparent. The leadership are actively involved in the business and sets a clear direction — you always have a sense of where the company is going and why decisions are being made.
Cons
Things move fast and the pace can be intense. If you're used to slower-moving environments this could be a real shock. The flip side is that you're never bored, but it does require a high tolerance for ambiguity and context-switching. Compensation benchmarking could be more proactive. Pay is competitive but not market-leading, and the process for adjusting it relies more on you advocating for yourself than on systematic reviews. Worth raising early if this matters to you.
