The best large company you'll find
Pros
* Great benefits (medical, pto, etc) * Flexible hours * Lots of food options, free drinks, etc. All usually very good * Smart people * Open culture * Great coworkers
Cons
It's still a big company. With that comes some of the big company downsides. Being smart politically can advance your career. If you keep your head down and just do a good job it's less likely to be noticed. For example, I see good engineers not going anywhere with their career even though they do good work, while I see average ones advance up the ranks if they make it a point to post in FYI for every feature they create. You also have less of a chance to make an impact as a new hire since you're more likely to work on existing features rather than new ones. If you joined about a year ago, your stock grant was over valued (by about 2x), so you're making a lot less than if you go to another company. None of the cons are unexpected at a large company. If you're looking to work for a larger, post IPO company, then you're not going to do better anywhere else.
