Vantaggi
At AccuWeather, I was a part of a very close-knit team that slowly started to feel like my family. Above all, my manager was phenomenal and shielded me from the harsh office politics that came from above, contributed to my personal development, and emerged as more of a life mentor than a 'boss'.
Svantaggi
During the last few months I was with the company, my department went through a 'restructure' that, along with random lay-offs, left everyone with a feeling of uncertainty on a daily basis. The communication was so unbelievably poor in this time that anyone felt like they could be next. For me, the pay was also an issue. As a woman in a STEM career, I had to live 45 minutes outside of the smaller college town to be able to afford to live day-to-day on my salary along with paying back my student loans, which also meant sacrificing the ability to have a savings account. I went two years in a row with gleaming reviews and 'cost of living' raises each time, although when I was hired, I was assured that this would not be an issue. I'm lucky I even received performance evaluations, though, because one of my close friends never did in over a year-and-a-half with the company. AccuWeather's motive is very clear that they want to hire people for the cheapest they can and then bombard them with the highest of expectations. It is stressed in every large meeting that AccuWeather's number one corporate goal is that the people are the heart of its success... and unfortunately that became a joke to many throughout my last few months with the company.