Pros
When I started at MX it was by far the best organization I had ever worked for. The values of the organization truly governed every aspect of how we operated. The company really took care of employees and went out of their way to reward and simply show appreciation. Whether through formal means like pay and recognition, or informal like swag, or just silly things. The products we build have the potential to be absolutely transformational and address our mission to empower the world to be financially strong. The kitchen and catered meals are still fantastic and it's hard to overstate how much that makes me enjoy coming to the office.
Cons
Where to start... so many of the pros listed above have been negated in some way since the beginning of 2022. - We effectively lost both of our founders, and other key executives who were the heart and soul of what made MX special. It all happened very fast too - The company felt a bit rudderless under the interim CEO and we lost a lot of momentum. We saw dozens and dozens of people quit in a matter of weeks. Morale was at an all time low - Compensation fell below market averages, being left behind by massive inflation and cost of living in general - We were massively understaffed to support our existing client-base, conflicting priorities meant slow resolution for client issues, slow development, halting or abandonment of many initiatives and products - We hired Jim Magats and he brought other execs with him. There was a lot of excitement about this, promises made about growth and stability. Everyone was hyped about the prospects of getting back to growth mode - The first truly significant change that took place under the new leadership was to fire 200+ people, get rid of the leader of the culture team, effectively dissolve the customer success team, get rid of almost the entire mobile engineering staff, and on and on - We are much better positioned financially now because well... we got rid of 200 people. But it's absolutely unclear how we'll manage to meet our current contractual obligations and innovate in any way. Maybe it gets turned around somehow, but the short term future is absolutely grim, filled with attrition, lawsuits, and unmet expectations