Pros
The previous building was interesting, in a dilapidated sort of way. Access to tools after hours (though with threats that you broke something, or that you're keeping the CEO — who lived in the PDR-zoned building — up too late).
Cons
Laughably poor pay; no benefits or PTO; a consistently hostile, Dickensian work environment; full-time employees often (illegally) paid as contractors; a complete lack of vision...an utter dumpster fire. Also: the CEO makes it abundantly clear that he and Lit Motors are synonymous, so a review of the company is essentially a review of him. The single-founder CEO runs the company with an incompetent iron fist, and ranges somewhere between Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Sociopathy. He's an HR nightmare, with frequent outbursts of sexism, homophobia, and transphobia, in addition to the more general inappropriate comments and rage-fueled tirades (and occasional physical assault). He also clearly has no idea what he's doing, as there's virtually nothing to show for almost eight years of development on a product that had a significant amount of buzz at one point, winning accolades from a variety of corners in 2012/13. The root cause is his ego: this prevented him from taking VC investment because he couldn't get Zuckerberg-esque terms (all money raised has been from very dumb investors) and refused more conventional deals as personal insults; this drove away many waves of very smart engineers, as he's convinced that his industrial design degree and a year or so working as a mechanic gave him PhD-level understanding of all forms of engineering; and this precluded the possibility of competent management, as he holds the only seat on a board of one and clings to his power like a security blanket. This massive ego is paired with an impressive level of incompetence across fronts. Design is overly academic. Engineering is stymied by his complete lack of (or even appreciation of) understanding. Management is bipolar, with strongly-held decisions where flexibility would benefit, and a lack of decision-making where decisiveness is vital. He demonstrates an almost Trumpian level of overconfidence in his own abilities and accomplishments, while parroting back the last idea he happened to hear. The only thing he excels at is self-aggrandizement, which seems to be his primary driver. Like a washed-up high school quarterback, he speaks often of accomplishments from over a decade ago. He often takes credit for the work of others, especially his employees. He is apparently more interested in making the rounds on the conference speaking circuit than running his company. And this is all built upon a Ponzi scheme of truth, where lies today (about the state of the product, company, etc) are paid for by future truth...except that often the "future truth" was either delayed or never happened, leading to lies just being lies. The product/company/team/etc were never at the state claimed. But that never prevented him from using those lies to sell the product of himself. It's no surprise that the CEO's behavior has driven away every talented employee he ever duped into working for him, and has him blacklisted by the VC community.