Pros
-unique focus on pediatric mental health and commercial demand -unlimited PTO -good compensation and benefits -good professional development and learning opportunities -great teammates (pre-layoffs and recent resignations)
Cons
***Poor leadership. Executive team is unable to clearly articulate goals and they frequently change course, causing confusion for everyone else. Tons of micromanagers. ***Too bureaucratic. The company hired too quickly for an early stage startup, resulting in too many layers and redundant roles. Really hard to get anything done without writing a decision memo, making a deck, getting resources from other teams, getting ELT sign off, etc. Too complicated for an early stage startup. ***Culture of burnout. Employees are consistently overworked, overwhelmed, and stressed out. Leadership has an old school mentality of working long hours to prove yourself. ***Poor cash management. The company fundraised a lot of money, which helped us grow. But it also created pressure and expectations to perform from investors, without enough time to mature the business model. Because of this the company had to recently lay off many workers (including therapists). This could have been avoided if the leadership team approached fundraising, growth and hiring more responsibly. ***Unfair treatment of minorities. I know of at least 3 people of color who left because they felt their managers were creating a hostile work environment and they were being discriminated against.