Pluspunten
-You can get ownership on projects and when things go live company-wide it can feel meaningful. Some people grow but it’s not something you can really rely on because it depends heavily on timing, project visibility and your personal relationship with leadership.
Minpunten
-It’s quite oversold as a unique work-opportunity and a life-changing product for entrepreneurs. In reality the offer is solid but not that different from what other insurtechs or traditional insurers are developing. A lot of the push comes from the founder wanting to become category leader. -The pace is hectic and chaotic. Priorities keep changing which leads to a lot of rework and shifting job expectations. Work-life balance and staff respect are not part of the model and it seems like the founder takes a tone-deaf pride in how intense the culture is. There’s a strong expectation to be in the office every day even though hybrid is mentioned during hiring. Remote work is discouraged which makes combining overtime expectations with personal obligations challenging. -Small details but telling. The office is a large shared co-working space with dogs allowed in the Insify rooms. While that sounds fun on paper it can add to the stress with dogs still barking and running around despite being supervised. You’re just expected to work full-time around other people’s pets without much say in the setup. Lunch is unpaid which is another small but noticeable cost and breaks can end up being cut short by meetings. -Turnover is high and noticeable. You keep meeting new people and then seeing them leave which makes building stable teams or working relationships difficult. After a while, parties stop feeling like a benefit because you’re constantly starting over socially. During my time there around half the workforce left and it was very downplayed but that level of churn is never a good sign and scale-ups are no exceptions. It leads to messy handovers and unstability. -In my case, the growth opportunity never really materialized. Once the main project I was hired for ended my role disappeared and there wasn’t much support to move internally despite broader experience. It felt like roles are tied to short-term needs and then phased out. The promised “career boost” also didn’t match reality, it wasn’t a strong learning experience and the company isn’t a unicorn or a particularly well-known in the industry despite how it can be presented externally. -If you’re mainly looking at it for salary, growth or brand value, it's wise to think twice. Individually, some of these issues may seem manageable but together they add up and can even offset a strong compensation,