Vantaggi
Archon Systems is a friendly community of co-workers. The culture here is fun (ice cream sundae parties! monthly team lunches!), respectful, and inclusive. I really do feel like I'm among friends who I like. There's no drama and office politics here. The leadership is pretty transparent about company decisions sharing semi-frequent "state of the company" talks. Leadership goes to effort to appreciate and care for everyone in the company, writing personal notes and hand picking a personalized gift for the holidays based on each employees interests. There's a pretty high degree of trust that you'll do your job well, and autonomy to make decisions about how to proceed in your area. Work from the comfort of home three days a week! Yearly fitness benefit to buy sports gear or do physically active stuff! A genuine care for employees and attempts to do right by them. A recent anonymous survey turned up that employees were least happy with our health plan, so they quickly addressed that with an improved health/benefits plan. The company values altruism and does twice yearly volunteer days, microfinancing to small business in developing countries, and offers large discounts to non-profit organizations. Be a part of a company that cares about its customers and the wider community beyond just profit.
Svantaggi
Being a small company, there isn't a ton of room for upwards career growth, though the company does try to provide opportunities where possible. The company doesn't have RRSP contribution matching programs like larger companies have. Vacation starts at 3 weeks, but then doesn't increase over time spent at the company.