Volant collapse is imminent, we are just pawn in the game, don't fall into this trap!
Pros
In Asia office after 4 PM, people can drink beer and playing poker; Free wifi which you could use to post bad reviews on Glassdoor, as well as search for a new job.
Cons
I can confirm all bad comments on Glassdoor about Volant are all true and I will not repeat similar comments; It is absolutely horrible working environment!! It's so toxic to a point which fingerpointing between developers and traders when the incident happens as day to day basis. All partners just close their eyes and hoping good things will happen. Volant never gives equity out for free, they just give you the rights of purchase which doesn't make sense. My comment for potential joiner: new graduates - all senior staff trying to make sure they could survive long enough to get another job and have no incentive to teach you anything, and they will find every way to make sure you will produce a bad performance, so you would not be able to replace them before their resignation, it's dog eat dog game; Experienced hires - This company is running low on human resources, you will require to handle a huge workload due to recent resignation and laid off, there are so many aging systems, software, and hardware, you will be running around as a firefighter all day long, and DO NOT trust whatever management promising you, they are all lying and they laid off a lot of senior staff without giving out warning. At least 20-30% of your bonus will go into company vesting pool, which is compulsory; if Volant collapse before 2020 which the others are predicting, vesting pool will be gone and most likely they will fire you and keep that money for themselves.