I am a technical lead. I received a really good entrepreneurial offer through a recommendation and after meeting with the owner of the company, accepted it. Th

I am a technical lead. I received a really good entrepreneurial offer through a recommendation and after meeting with the owner of the company, accepted it. The company was in a constant state of firing and hiring. It all seemed so reactionary, almost tied to month-to-month earnings. One bad month could lead to a department restructuring. During a growth period in which they were building up the IT team, there was a lot of optimism about how the company was going to really start investing in it's future. Only a few people were able to attest to the fact that they had seen a similar growth cycle years ago and that those people were gone too. I checked their Glassdoor reviews, but only as an afterthought and after accepting the offer. It turned out that the consistent negative reviews were pretty much a foretelling of what I would see in my tenure there. I also ignored feedback I had received from people who had worked there and had been unceremoniously dismissed, again, after I had already accepted. Had I went with my gut, I would have backed out. Still, I have no regrets, but I will do this research BEFORE considering applying to a position, no matter how good the offer sounds.