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Richard D. Fairbank

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2.0
Nov 18, 2025
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Pros

- Decent comp - Hybrid (can get away with just coming in twice a week)

Cons

Only work here as a placeholder or if you have no other offers. The second you join, you should spend time applying to other companies. The stacked ranking nature of performance management in this company is absurd to the point of parody. The second you come in, even if it's in the middle of the year, you will be immediately competing against people at your level that have worked at the company for longer and know their product while you are beginning to get adjusted, and are expected to outcompete them. In effect, you have ZERO up-ramp time. There are no concrete numbers on the bottom percentage of engineers that get PIP'd, but I wouldn't be surprised at 12%. It is not uncommon to be hired and PIP'd after 4 months of working there.

3.0
Nov 18, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, nice building, great colleagues

Cons

Performance review is bad, sometimes they Just tell you to throw one of your directs into an exit pre exit bucket, once you have had one bad review, it prints a picture in future managements mind on how to throw you in the bucket to save others

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