Vantaggi
Probably the best thing about this company are the people and the international environment. You also learn a lot of thing about technical topics. Working hours are 9 to 5 unless you have to be on-site to coordinate a conference or sell conferences taking place in USA.
Svantaggi
-miserable pay: the entry salary is lower than in a start-up -little flexibility: limitations on who to invite as speaker or acquire as sponsor -unsustainable business model -the only departments praised and rewarded for their work are sales and sponsorship but the product they sell (the conference) comes from the conference manager. no product to sell, nothing to praise -management with no management or leadership skills. everything is controlled from the UK office -conference managers have to pay the losses from their profit share -very high turn over rate due to the low salary, lack of opportunities to grow inside the company -almost everyone has a 2-year contract. after that they kick you out