Avantages
During my years here, I had the chance to grow in ways I never expected. I learned from some of the most brilliant, hardworking, and generous people I’ve ever met. The kind of colleagues who make you better just by sitting next to them. The company and content org once felt like a collective of bright minds who genuinely cared about the craft, the mission, and each other. I always appreciated the flexibility to shape my own day, the trust from leadership to get the job done without micromanagement, and the incredible emphasis on work/life balance. The generous paid holidays and remote-work freedom made it feel humane, like we were building something meaningful and being allowed to live our lives. I’m proud of the legacy work we created together, the kind that once made this place stand out for the right reasons.
Inconvénients
Everything changed after the merger. The heart went out of the company, replaced by a cold obsession with promotions, metrics, and monetization. What used to be a mission-driven, people-first culture slowly turned into a machine churning out content and products with little soul left in the process. Watching talented, loyal employees become expendable time and time again and overnight was devastating. Even more painful was seeing how some who once “championed” the old culture adapted too easily, morphing into opportunistic backstabbers trying to save their own seats. The transparency and trust we used to have dissolved into manipulation and secrecy. It feels like the surviving directors and VPs knew about the last rounds of layoffs long before they happened, quietly orchestrating “knowledge transfers” under the guise of collaboration. People were encouraged to document and share everything and unknowingly train replacements, all while being told to “stay positive.” A few well-timed promotions were handed out to keep the illusion of stability, but it was clear they were strategic placeholders, not recognition of true merit.