Pluspunten
Working at chess.com is so enjoyable. We are fully remote which can be difficult at times but with such a large team and work always to do - working remote really isn't an issue. My favorite part of chess is that management cares deeply about us. Once a year they take the entire team somewhere awesome and we all hang out. Each week we are required to fill out a 1-on-1 with our development lead and the CEO. Every single time I've brought up something that's an issue, they've addressed it and fixed it. The CEO has even sent out forms for us to fill out which have us express what we are unhappy about and what we'd change if we were the CEO. They truly care about you as an employee and that's a rare thing to find. They encourage growth and learning always. They love suggestions and new ideas. They love when you apply something new you've learned, etc. For some people who generally would consider themselves "full-stack" but are on "front-end" only, they have taken our requests and pair us up with backend devs so we can fill that desire to work full-stack. We have an excellent and modern workflow with multiple deployments daily, thorough reviews of code, and all the things you'd expect a large dev company to have. The schedule is extremely flexible and they encourage life > work. You never get the feeling someone is keeping tabs on your every minute. They just want you to enjoy what you do and of course, not take advantage of the flexibility. Lastly, they make you feel worth something and an important part of the team. They constantly are encouraging my work and make it known weekly how valued and important you are. I feel like sometimes I have to take a second and realize that all this is in fact genuine since I have never had an experience like it. I truly plan to stay here a long time.
Minpunten
I'll have to be honest that I really don't have any serious cons. If I could think of one thing it would be creating a little more hierarchy. It's a pretty flat company with only a few leads, and this is intentional and works well. But sometimes it would be nice to feel as though you've been promoted, etc.