Meraki reviews

- Amazing office atmosphere, you feel like you have a work family. - Great support structure. I've made use of loads of benefits and support tools (gym membership, counselling service, employee discount scheme) All of which is there to make your life easier. - The only pressure I feel is what I put on myself to pay back a great company to work for. All feedback from management is positive and aimed at improving how you achieve your goals. Meraki is all about success and improvement. - You're actively encouraged to try new ways of working and feedback results with the wider team. - Management recognise hard work and constantly think of new ways they can reward your efforts. I've tried to keep my comments away from materialistic things but if you want to know, the office is incredible (people ask to view the office for ideas to use in their own) so it's a great place to come to work everyday. There are snacks everywhere as well as a fully stocked kitchen you can use to make breakfast, healthy food as well! Not just junk. Imagine the masterchef kitchen but at work. Lunch is provided daily by excellent caterers. The games room is awesome! There's a pool table, ping pong table, PS4, Wii, Virtual reality computer and a screen most cinemas would be proud to have. If you're lucky enough to work here you might find the secret room as well!

Culturally, Meraki has retained all of the great things about start-ups (one exception noted below), while getting rid of the toxic parts of start up culture. Like a start up, you're working with people who are hella smart and hella driven. Meraki engineers tend to come from top engineering universities, be passionately engaged in various activities outside of work (climbing, backpacking, music, brewing, martial arts, sports, etc etc), and very willing and able to socially engaged with you in a work context. Not sure how something works? Ask the gal that built it and she'll probably drop what she's doing and talk or pair-program with you until you have a good idea what's going on. Not sure why a decision was made? Hop over to your manager's manager's desk and get a pleasant and unguarded explanation. The physically and socially open office layout is a strong holdover from this company's start-up days. Lunches? Beautifully catered. Dinners? Pick a restaurant. Snacks? All of them. I'm talking fresh berries, avocado toast. Plus, you won't find any (or, okay, very little, may depend on team) of the alpha-male/alpha-nerd/tech-bro egotism or terrible work-life balance often associated with start-ups. There's a strong 40hr/week culture. I could sum it up like this: there are still two kegs in the office, but one's filled with kombucha, and the other with cold-brew coffee.