Pros
1. Good place for average or below average people as they pay you well. It is easy to get in and easy to relax if you know how to pretend that you're working more than you actually are. 2. If you’re in founder’s good books(by agreeing with them even if they're wrong) they will give you everything you want. However, the same is true of the opposite. More on that later
Cons
I've divided the cons in two parts - Facts and My Opinions Facts 1. Forced reviews - Nearly 70% reviews on Glassdoor are forced reviews. Employees are asked to write good reviews about company to boost Glassdoor ratings. Let's see the timeline: I. 8 reviews in one week starting Jan 17, 2016. 7 of them 5 star and 7 of them didn't find a con. Team size in that month around 20. You know what I mean. II. After negligible activity for nearly 1.5 yrs, 2 negative reviews are written in Sept 2017 III. 5 reviews in Oct 2017 – Employees are asked to write reviews. All in all 15 out of 20 reviews are either forced or negative. High chances of more forced reviews after my review is published. 2. High Attrition - Around 20+ employees have left/were fired from the company in last 2 years. A pretty big number for a 30 some employee organization. Recently many team leads have resigned. Most employees are actively looking out for opportunities. 70%+ of organization changes every 2 yrs. 3. No coverage except your salary - not even PF or mediclaim. When I joined they said we don't pay PF as we are less than 20 people company, but even though they have crossed that number 10months back, they are reluctant to do so to avoid paperwork. This is just an example to show what's more important to them - employees interests or a little extra effort. 4. No HR or policies - There is no HR in the company so don't expect any policies. Founders run a puppet show where they change policies or create retrospective policies per their whims and fancies. People have lost lakhs of rupees due to such retrospective policies recently. Opinions 1. Centralized power – Its run like Lala company. All important positions are occupied by family members. Even if you’re a lead, it’s just a honorary position. There is no freedom to do what you want, you’re supposed to execute what the family plans. By the way the plans change every 3 months without any rationale. 2. No learning - They will pay you more and then give non value add work which will make you unemployable. No time is given for learning new things. They waste 2 months on worthless training which they feel is value add but in reality is non-sensical. 3. Very judgemental – Forming judgements and opinions is very common, even against old employees. Instead of communicating the issues, they keep piling self created judgements and eventually rate you bad, give bad work or fire you. 4. Rampant firing - It has happened multiple that they just decided to fire someone overnight. A senior guy who had an infant and a family was fired on the last day before he was about to complete 18months so that his equity don't get vested. 5. Working in US timezone – Only way to make them feel you’re dedicated is to have late meetings in their (US) timezone. Otherwise they don’t feel you’re working. 6. No vision - Founders have no vision beyond next 6 months, and hence there is no defined career path. Not recommended for high calibre people with pedigree to grow 7. Flurry of lies - They promise ESOPs at joining. That time they value it highly but while buying back they take it back for pennies literally. No documentation provided for ESOPs other than joining email which has hardly any official value. 8. Inhumane treatment - The moment you resign they start abusing you from badmouthing you in front of whole company to treating you as if they are doing you a favor by giving your dues or exit documents. They even blatantly mentally torture some employees by saying that they would make them unemployable in the industry.
