Pros
Awesome gym Cool greenhouse that grows some of the food for the cafeteria Monthly events with beer and snacks during lunch hours Some smart people to work with Lot of room for improvement and opportunity
Cons
There has been a major change in leadership recently, and the result have been very chaotic. Lots of moving and sharing of leadership resources has left teams in a difficult position. Image being on a ship with no captain, and trying to figure out where the ship is headed. Then, when the ship is pointed in the right direction, a captain comes along, reorients the ship, and then leaves. This can make it difficult for the crew to help get the ship where it needs to go. Recently there have been bi-weekly hour-long, mandatory, "customer love" meetings, which includes all of the developers at overstock. There seems to be little of value that comes out of these meetings, and at their worst have been 30+ minutes of talking about leaderships recent promotions. As an organization, Overstock has been very meeting heavy lately. This has increased greatly since the shift in leadership. There is little cost associated with the number of attendees, and what they could be achieving if they were enabled to work. There is also prevalence of excessive and inefficient communication. The result of all of this is that as a developer you'll be spending less than 50% of your time coding, and the rest of the time trying to cope with your surroundings. Also, a lot of the senior development staff has recently been poached by T-Zero and Medici, two other branches under Overstock's ownership. This has had a serious effect on the morale of some throughout the organization. It's not great feeling like you didn't get picked for the cool-kid club.
