Vantaggi
It is a fiercely privately held company with the majority held by the employees.
Svantaggi
The management used to listen to suggestions from the rank-and-file, but now they don't. The management used to reward the rank-and-file with spot bonuses, but more recently bonuses seem to be only given to Project Managers and above. To become a member of the Direct Shareholder group, one is nominated and later voted into the group by its existing membership... membership is NOT based on merit, though management often tries to tell the rank-and-file that it is. Historically, the company seems to prefer demoting bad senior managers in hope that they just up and quit on their own, rather than just firing the manager out right. Training for the rank-and-file is often difficult to obtain...company is known to cancel said training if schedule becomes to busy; and when employee later gets penalized for not completing those training goals when annual reviews are conducted.
