Pros
SiriusXM was accommodating of remote work, though there is a growing push to RTO. I felt like I was compensated fairly for my work and that performance expectations were reasonable. Benefits were pretty good, 401(k) options were good (50% company match capped at 3%). Lots of auxiliary programs/initiatives if you're into that. Company-wide half-day Fridays are a nice perk.
Cons
Weak leadership: It felt like there was lots of talk from the higher-ups but little action, particularly in IT. Growth is declining, subscribers are leaving, and they have no idea how to fix it. Engineers are slowly working towards murky corporate-dictated objectives, and it feels like there is very little innovation or vision to maintain a competitive advantage. Everything is a big, inefficient, bureaucratic hierarchy and the ones at the top are insensitive to the position of those lower on the totem pole. Detrimental DE&I: They're really heavy-handed with the DEI stuff; it came up in EVERY all-hands meeting, all employees are required to do bias training, constant seminars, etc.,. I wonder if the direction of the company might be different if less effort was spent on DEI and more was spent on running a financially profitable business. Lots of meetings: I spent 6-8 hours in meetings a week as an engineer, most of which were not particularly meaningful or productive. Mandatory time tracking: They recently implemented mandatory time tracking. Everyone must report what activity they were engaged in for every hour of the workweek, which must add up to 40 hours minimum. It's tedious, of questionable utility, and we all hate it. I witnessed a couple rounds of layoffs, and most employees feel that they were handled poorly, with little empathy or communication. I get the sense that employee morale is low.
