Pros
Lots of good engineers and genuinely good people. Relaxed work atmosphere (9 to 5) when you have a job. Beer Thursdays once a month are back. Party planning committee does a good job of trying to boost the morale. Decent vacation policy (15 days) gets better after 5 years (20 days).
Cons
TECHNOLOGY: It is not as great as people at Ingenu believe. There is a reason that there are only handful of deployments, with largest deployment of a paltry 40000 endpoints, after 8 years of countless trials and pilots. Most of these deployments were priced ridiculously to win. The technology has fundamental limitations and this is the core problem. BOARD & CO-FOUNDERS: The figurehead board does not do its job. Main investor and co-founders are fickle minded and desperate.They run door-to-door chasing the next thing without a well-thought out strategy and discipline. They grossly underestimate expenditure and overestimate future revenue. This is why the company keeps digging itself into a financial hole. EXECUTIVE TEAM: Thanks to this "next girlfriend" approach, the executive team minus the founders (i.e. CEO, marketing, sales, finance, product) is a revolving door every 2 years. This creates confusion and uncertainty in rank and file. Oddly, there is a deeply embedded culture of engineering first and not customers and market share first, which is inherent reason for the inability of the company to pivot and be successful. FINANCING: There has been no major investor other than third wave because the company is unable to generate revenues, for the above 3 key reasons, even after 9 years of existence. The last interim co-CEOs were supposed to invest but left in 1 week!! Current interim CEO is the third wave investor partner. FUTURE: Now that the new CEO, who is VC and not a business strategist, has direct visibility into the true problem at hands, I bet he will try to put lipstick on the pig and sell it for the best deal he can get. There is always a deal for the right price, and when it happens, the co-founders and early employees will do fine to OK while the rest of us will have nothing to show for our work. FUTURE EMPLOYEE: Pay is below industry average. No pay hikes or bonuses (no money). No 401K matching. 20% of health from your pocket + high deductibles. Surprisingly no stock options for performance! High turnover among non-founding employees.