Vantaggi
Nice view, awesome downtown location, free parking, free Coffee, work cell phone provided, work computer provided, Free lunches and Happy Hours when boss comes into town.
Svantaggi
Management was often dysfunctional. Yelling and arguing in front of subordinates. There were many times when management contradicted each other which caused confusion with internal employees and loss of business with clients. However, subordinates were expected to not participate in this same type of behavior. *Management got away with putting their hands on an employee and when reported to HR, it somehow was the employees fault. Management got to keep their job and the employee was terminated. Please note - HR will side with Management at this company. *The new hiring structure for Lab Support is to find new employees with no experience (pretty much new grads) and pay them a low base salary with a not so lucrative commission structure. This causes a revolving door at many of the offices. My advice to new employees: Advice to new employees: if you have no better option, work your year, get your experience and look elsewhere. There are tons of better companies out there that pay you what you deserve. *"Team Events" were often mandatory and if you could not make it for ANY reason then you were seen as not being a "team player" by management. These were often schedule outside typical work hours and even on the weekends. Participation was expected, but compensation of your extra time was not. The only good thing about these events were that they were often times paid for by the company so you wouldn't have to spend a penny of yours. *Peter Principle promoting = ineffective management. "Lead by example" is a mantra management pushes towards its employees but it's more of a "do as I say, not as I do" type leadership. Promoting a talented individual is great, but if they lack the social skills to effectively lead a team of new employees then what kind of positive outcome would come out of it? Management should be promoted on interpersonal skills and not previous numbers.