Pros
A great place to meet entrepreneurial people and build a network of friends Helping someone to make their dreams come true, is a rewarding feeling A great first job or internship, to grow a thicker skin
Kontras
Not a good place to build a career. Taking on more responsibility, performing complex tasks with no prior experience, and going above and beyond the job description is expected, but rarely rewarded. Those sacrifices have nothing to do with entrepreneurial and start-up culture of the community, employer’s trust, intent, or company culture, but everything to do with a lack of planning and poor management. Employees are underpaid, stretched thin, and raises are to be fought for. Everything is set up for employees’ failure, and when it happens, the leadership is so much in denial of what might have caused it, it attempts to punish the employee (sometimes in very unethical ways). Turn over rates are very high. A staff of 20 people fully rotates almost every year. Decisions are arbitrary and everything is a priority. The leadership is progressively disconnected from staff, and all about grandiose expansion.