One litmus test I use is too look around physically and/or on the org. chart and see where the majority of people are. That highlights the focus of the company.

One litmus test I use is too look around physically and/or on the org. chart and see where the majority of people are. That highlights the focus of the company. If there are 15 senior sales people and an entourage of sales support staff to each engineer, then it's clear that engineers are not particularly valued not will they be.