They are replacing all jobs with contractors now - Anonymous employee Vertex Employee Review

Strong talent despite smaller size. Smart, humble teammates who raise the bar and many areas have leaders whom believe in the power of mentorship. Solid benefits and flexibility (remote, hybrid, no meeting Friday, and respect for work life boundaries).

Compensation lags market in some roles. Growing pains around cross-functional processes and prioritization can shift quickly, creating churn.

The people were all great and a pleasure to work with. The pay and benefits were generous. And many people in the company work there for life.

The company doesn't always foster cross-departmental cooperation and has made decisions that seeded further division between the development and product teams. They've also made restructuring choices that hurt more than they helped - e.g., eliminating the Product Owner position in favor of appointing developers to serve in the role, but with minimal training and support or encouragement for Product Management to fill the gap (and actually discouraged such efforts).