Pros
I recently started at AppsFlyer, and this has been an excellent experience so far. More specifically, the company gets several critical items right that a lot of other employers typically fail at: 1. Onboarding - regional and global academies, robust learning and development with local dedicated leadership, excellent online learning content, overall excellent experience with attention and focus that immediately elicits pride to have joined the company. 2. Hiring quality - AppsFlyer hires senior professionals in their field, and isn't trying to cram more heads into the org with candidates that are only "good enough". The current org chart is generally consistent in that there isn't much title inflation and unnecessary levels, and so far I haven't seen much ego. 3. Culture, product focus and the ability to generate excitement around both product and company overall. AppsFlyer employees are proud of their product and teams, tech is genuinely robust, feedback flows freely and without egos, colleagues are always willing to help and generally the "all-in" spirit isn't just an HR tagline. 4. Leadership - inspiring and competent leaders, everyone is extremely approachable up to C-level including our co-founders, with again healthy feedback flowing and regular regional and global executive communication being disseminated in relevant channels. AppsFlyer is a true global company, which also means C-level and leadership overall is very visible including traveling outside of Israel HQ frequently. Managers seem attentive to growth and delivering adequate support in most teams. The US General Manager is a strong leading figure in getting everyone focused and motivated.
Cons
None of the below are true cons, but rather, areas of consideration for improvement or close monitoring based on my experience so far: - I've read and heard comments about growth opportunities occasionally taking time to materialize with some internal hurdles, while I cannot comment yet on the matter, I would keep a close eye on market compensation competitiveness and ensuring merit is adequately rewarded, especially as the company currently enjoys strong growth. - A common challenge: while initiatives such as the recent US offsite (truly outstanding event) or weekly scrums are great, I see opportunities to create even more cross-team interaction to avoid silos - more specifically, certain teams seem unaware of the true scope of their counterparts in other teams. - Lastly, again not a true con but due to the company being truly global, communication can occasionally be fragmented with siloed work streams that might overlap as they relate to clients and partners from region to region, and would benefit from even better global communication flow. In this regard, heavy internal reliance on Slack is both an asset and a liability as important items occasionally get lost in the noise.