Vantaggi
The founder, Dean, is a stand-up person and I stayed as long as I did because of his vision and values. Those two things, however, get very lost in the corporate structure and never make it to the store level.
Svantaggi
The turnover rates in this company, at least for leadership positions, are very high for good reasons: the impossible to achieve expectations, total lack of support for smaller stores without swim programs, complete disrespect for their full-time employee's family life and time, and "more more more more more" mindset when it comes to the demands of leadership roles. They will push you until you resent all the reasons you were passionate about scuba in the first place. They will give you impossible to achieve budget goals and then withhold the bonuses you were promised when you were hired. They will say whatever it takes to get you to sacrifice every bit of your time, energy, and passion, but you will never get anything in return.
