Yes, its fine. The key issue is making sure you are not setting your expectations unrealistically. You have to recognize every company is dysfunctional at som

Yes, its fine. The key issue is making sure you are not setting your expectations unrealistically. You have to recognize every company is dysfunctional at some level, and that doesn't necessarily make it bad. The grass is really not always greener on the other side, it just feels that way sometimes. A note on compensation, you must negotiate that up front and not expect it to change during the first year at least. It isn't that you won't get raises but get what you feel is fair up front so 6 months in you aren't feeling neglected. Also, be cautious about giving up salary for bonuses unless you can truly control the factors for the bonus. I have seen many companies claim that while they are paying you less in salary you'll make more in their bonus program. But then they tie that bonus program to increased sales when you are an engineer. That isn't a fair or valid bonus program unless you can directly impact sales, otherwise it is like saying, if Bob & Sally do their job you can see a bonus. It doesn't matter if they hit it 10 times prior, don't fall for that crap. BTW -- this is more typical to see in a SMB that is non-tech focused but it can happen anywhere.