Pros
A ton of passionate, talented people that want to execute and make a difference. No shortage of big thinking and talented folks. Good benefits/pay, though unclear if that will remain given the layoffs. Nice location downtown, nice offices (irrelevant currently), good brand name on your resume in Austin. I think they are solving an important industry problem and I think the work itself is super interesting, so I'm still optimistic the company can be successful if they make some culture changes.
Kontras
In the last few months, it's been utter chaos. Leadership is trying to implement goals but doing it in a way that is unsustainable (30 day goals, expectation of 110% performance in a crisis is tone deaf). The tech product is not as advanced as you might think. C-Suite leadership recently is giving conflicting messages to employees, people feel a lot of uncertainty after being told no layoffs and 2 weeks later seeing layoffs. I would still recommend it as a good place to work to friends but would not sugarcoat the hard truths - be prepared for a lack of clarity (more than any other startup I've worked at), conflicting messages from leadership and a big focus on execution without a clear roadmap. Heavy investor influence seems to be the case in some of these decisions which may just be par for the course.
