Read carefully if you plan on joining sg Treehouse
Pros
Probably the pro that everyone raves about is the "free" food. Just think of how sick you will get of eating the same food everyday.
Cons
Oh where to even begin! First of all, I'm so glad I got to leave this toxic place. My entire well being and life has improved the minute I walked out. Let's start with the C-level management. As all problems do, it starts at the top. The "guys" decided one day to grow up and instead of being co-founder, and co-CEOs, to become a group of C something else. I'm almost certain there was some sort of raffle to decide that. The CEO, is the master of sound bites, he has no clear strategy. His "Steve Jobs" wanna be attitude would make you pull your hair out. However , if you are part of the cult that drinks the kool aid, you will find him fascinating. He doesn't run the company, he reacts to what happens in it. The CMO is likely the smartest one, but oddly enough decided to uproot his legacy brand team, that made sweetgreen what it is today and move them to LA from New York City. Needless to say, they all quit and he had to replace and double the size of the marketing team to make up for it. The CPO, or CCO, or C-whatever-O is exactly that, meh, whatever. Can't really tell what he does, probably pulled the short straw at the time of C-level picks. Newly appointed COO, is the exact opposite replacement of the older COO, think the opposite of a strong, opinionated, seasoned woman. CIO, ran away after a few weeks. Smart! Learn from his experience and don't bother joining. Now my fellow Treehouse employees can probably be divided into a few groups: The legacy team, and those are the people who have been with the company since the DC days. They are a dying breed that are either staying because they are part of the "untouchable, do no wrong" group, or they have so much equity and they are dying to get rich one day. The favorites, those are the ones who are close to the C-level folks. They get promoted every year, raises and stocks a couple of times a year, and can never do anything wrong, even if they have no results to show for. The Doomed, those are the opposites of the ones above, work your behind off, get nothing but hand picked problems back. You almost feel bad for them, except that they can just leave. The freshmen, and they are A LOT, due to the high turnover of the organization. They are hopeful for the future, but quickly start to realize that something isn't adding up. The overall culture is to take no responsibility for anything, just appear like you do. Self-awareness is no-existing to the point of being laughable and your chances of growth depend on who your manager is and only a few good ones are around.