Pros
I love my job at Octopus. I've never had a job where I feel so empowered to go out and do whatever idea pops into my head while surrounded by a team of insanely talented people helping to make it happen. It's unlike any company I've worked for before there's not the "you're lucky to have a job mentality" and you're basically given free reign to do what makes you excited and given all the tools you need to do more of it.
It's definitely a move fast, break things, ignore perfection for the sake of iteration environment. You don't have the red tape that can occur in most marketing departments and it's just such a place of "go go go" and not "well let's have a meeting and put a plan in place." Planning and perfection is against the "Octopus" way and I honestly love it so much because it gives you freedom.
You're treated like an adult here and not micromanaged to death. As a working mom I love it because my life can be chaotic yet I don't feel punished at work for being late, leaving early, sick kids, etc. The environment is fun and people genuinely care of how YOU as a human are doing and you're not just another "busy bee worker."
It's a performance driven enviornment you're given a lot of trust and freedom to do your job but you're also held to high performance standards. So that can be intense for some but I thrive in it so it's been fine for me.
Cons
There's a lot always going on and that can be stressful at times but it's not unmanageable. If you're someone who doesn't thrive in that it may not be the place for you.
