Pros
When I was interviewing for the role, I went through quite a few interviews. Throughout the interview process all of the interviewers mentioned how important culture was to the business. The cynical side of me thought hear we go, another organisation that sells opportunities based on company culture that sells you a dream that is not the reality. Coming from a large organisation where the employee brand did not resinate with life on the inside I had been burnt! However, the reality is, 8 months in, is that Skyscanner's culture is both unique and honest. All of our values are true- we are direct, there are zero politics, everyone is great at what they do and yet there are no ego's and no arrogance. So refreshing - I love what I do here, I love the people I work with and I love the challenge as a business we face. I would recommend working at Skyscanner to family and friends
Cons
Skyscanner is quite an ambiguous business - if you are not comfortable with an element of change and an element of flexibility with business direction then my advice would be to think through how you can learn this and how you can develop this skill more. I was comfortable with the challenge ahead and excited about managing the transformation- to me as long as I felt like we were moving forward I understood that as a business we move quickly and change direction quickly. This is not so much of a negativity point as everyone can learn how to coupe with change better but it is just something to think through. Its never felt too overwhelming as I recognised that these are just some of the challenges when growing teams from scratch.