Pros
Was pretty easy to get along with other QA Engineers and Developers. Snacks in the office and occasional free lunches.
Kontras
"Budgeting Team" underpaid their QA. For perspective: Company hired new QA at $43-60k, while offering $60-80k for new UI/UX Developers. I'm pretty sure that graphic designers were also paid more. Two QA engineers and I left the company within a short time-period, primarily because foreUP underpaid us. During my first year, a lot of developer feedback was funneled through old manager--so it was often vague. Paychecks occasionally came late. Costume contests were pointless, because the winners were friends with the executives--so it just feels. "Budgeting team" required employees to play company-hosted game to get $15 lunch credit. Club Essentials executives laid off 20-30 people in July 2022, apparently to "cut costs." They then tore into developers for "failing" and then became fixated on making foreUP a payment facilitator. Many employees who weren't laid off ended up seeking opportunities elsewhere.