Pros
*Almost everyone I met has been very kind and friendly. I get the feeling that the company is quite humane and cares about it's employees, probably because of the type of people attracted by the culture that it has developed. (E.g. hiring and accommodating someone with disabilities, limited layoffs, allowing hybrid work and being flexible with personal arrangements). * You can be given a LOT of ownership right off the bat and freedom to figure things out/do the task well. (Can be a negative for some people.) * Especially as a junior, you learn a lot about payments and how a multinational global company (can) work * While the organizational structure is not necessarily flat, it does not feel very hierarchical. In general I feel respected and listened to by superiors. * Opportunities to go abroad * The company seems (generally) flexible and comfortable with change. In the sense that often enough process and setups are evaluated to not be working properly anymore, and people seem to be open to and have the freedom to make the needed changes. * Free lunch/coffee bar
Cons
* Can feel very unclear how and where you can grow towards. It's not clear how you are evaluated, by what standards and how you can grow. There is a concept of 'Own your own growth' but in practice in can mean 'obtain wildly differing evaluations assessed through wildly differing standards depending on who your manager is.' * I think your experience can probably vary wildly depending on who your manager is. There are a lot of people in management roles (particularly those who get promoted from developer) that do not have any experience managing and you might be at their mercy in terms of how competent/engaged they are as a manager. * While the company is open to change and dynamic, this can also mean that your team/sub organization can go through many disrupting changes through your employment. * On the tech and operational side, there are quite some parts of the system that are far from industry standard/optimal and can therefore slow the development process down significantly