Applicants Beware, Owner will not hesitate to mess you over - Avis employé Software Engineer Help.com

This is a financially stable startup company which is somewhat of a rarity these days. I've been working here a while, and what sets this company apart from others I've been at is the people. This is not a large corporation. This is not a tiny startup with a dream and dollar. This is a viable product concept coupled with talented people putting it together. We have creative freedom, there is no micromanagement, and we embrace 21st century work culture ideas such as working remotely. The executives here truly care about what makes us happy, and I plan on going nowhere.

Most people will work remotely (at least from time to time), and that requires good communication skills to stay on the same page. Personally, that has never been an issue.

I got the opportunity to work with and learn with some amazing BE engineers. Lunch benefits were good.

As someone else mentioned, the owner is highly opinionated and also completely unresponsive and disconnected from the company. The owner hires his friends to leadership positions despite the complete absence of qualifications. The Chief of Product had never led a product organization. The CEO had some leadership experience but time after time failed to act as a leader. The company has now been through *three* iterations. The problem with this company was, and always will be, the owner. In every iteration, he installs his poorly-qualified yes-men in leadership positions, and then throws an absolute fit when those leaders can't lead and can't read his mind. They will run you into the ground but hey, we got those lunch bennies. The women's bathroom ceiling collapsed and it took months to repair. The CEO, CTO, Chief of Product, and others all vaped inside the office despite a pregnant/nursing employee pointing out that it was illegal for them to do so and harmful to her and her baby. Why she didn't report them, I'll never know. Eventually they moved to a separate open-office room and put in a small air purifier instead of quitting.