- Lack of 401(k) match but lots of money spent on meaningless perks like SnackMagic boxes, clothing, (taxable) $300 AirBnB gift cards.
- Increasingly siloed teams, meaning client-facing teams must hack together fixes for product gaps and overselling, while product fixes are often reactive instead of proactive. This causes burnout.
- HR plays lots of politics/games with compensation budgets, making it hard to set fair comp expectations as a manager.
- Equity grants are all over the place, with some junior ICs having more equity than their managers who have been at the firm for 3-4 years.