Pros
+Team
- Merge hires the brightest, the average Mergie is sharp, driven, and collaborative.
- Plenty of opportunities for socializing (annual destination offsite, happy hours and holiday events, lots of independently organized non-work sponsored hangs), but without too much pressure to attend everything. A great balance of choose your own adventure / as much as you want to be involved in.
- Colleagues are very supportive of one another, recognize that everyone's moving at a quick pace and have one another's backs if things drop or someone needs a hand.
+Market
- Merge was early to the space and has set the gold standard for Unified APIs. Continuing to find new industries and customer types and expanding the market.
- While lower cost providers have shuttered, Merge wins with premium products and best in class customer support, and is continuing to take market share and grow quickly.
+Opportunity
- Merge runs lean and gives folks the opportunity to rapidly grow, plenty of learning opportunities and a wide breadth to play in.
- The org is fairly flat, working with smart people across all levels and often working alongside the founders.
- Strong equity packages and a full company focus on increasing value.
Cons
Standard startup growing pains - not a 9 to 5, folks wear a lot of hats, building new markets is challenging but rewarding. Merge is focused on winning and there's sometimes healthy discomfort that comes with exceptional pace.
