Picking the right company to work for

Deeper into your career you are going to suffer if compensation and role are all that help you decide which company to work for.

Here are a few, slightly more nuanced indicators, that help you pick a great team to work with. These will not show up on Glassdoor or LinkedIn. You need to find someone inside the company to get to know it better.

Indicators

Autonomy and ownership vs. hierarchy and boundaries

What's more important: Volume and framing vs. substance and impact

Tenure to tolerance relationship

Default transparency culture

Where people go next: Is the company a springboard vs. gold handcuffs