Pros
- Wonderful colleagues - Good work-life balance - Significant autonomy
Cons
- Low pay for engineers - Poor job stability (7 layoffs in 4 years, with more to come) - Overbearing bureaucracy leading to slow career advancement - Leadership disrespects staff and does little to keep their highest performers - Terminal case of short-termism from C-suite ETS used to be a wonderful place to work: People were proud to be there and stayed on for decades; The focus on impact over the bottom line, the laudable mission, and other intangible benefits offset the otherwise low pay (for technical employees). But post-pandemic, the company has been fundamentally hollowed out, and little remains of the original organization both culturally and personnel-wise. Pronounced brain drain has left no one on staff with institutional knowledge. No one has new ideas. No one gives two sh*ts about the company or mission. Everyone just bides there time and waits to be laid off. ETS is now just another corporate husk of its former self, with both its culture and its long-term revenue streams in tatters. If you are reading this review mulling over whether to apply, don't. Do yourself a favor and stay far, far away from this dying organization. I am certain will collapse within this decade.
