Pros
Midwest nice, dog friendly workplace and two days or more per week remote. Onsite yoga and saving the planet if you are into that.
Kontras
Have to pretend to do what product management demands at all times, regardless of resources, schedules or anything other than their immediate goals. This was harder than you’d think as getting trivial things done is like being in a maze of twisty little passages. A decade of this has left a mind boggling amount of technical debt. They bought a Top Workplaces endorsement by over-hiring, internal promotions, title inflation and a lack of accountability. The same policies have left a vacuum of competency and experience in middle management. A striking number of people, even middle and upper managers don’t seem to even bother to show up or answer messages. Every file transfer is monitored due to the insecurity of upper management and vocally enforced to intimidate.