Vantaggi
It was a job where I could earn money.
Svantaggi
Promotions are based on your social status within the cliques; employees who are more adept at their jobs and with business protocol in general are left behind if they don't "hang out" with the right people. They will actually promote ill-qualified individuals based on socializing with them outside of work, and then ask the "peons" that know what they're doing (that they don't hang out with outside of work) to help train the individuals they have just promoted. Very strange environment. The harder you work, they will acknowledge it--by telling you you are doing great and giving you more to handle and manage (but not reflecting it in your pay or possible promotions.) There is also a strange, phony air of trying to be constantly upbeat that the upper management tries to radiate. It comes across as more of an attempt at brainwashing the staff to "be happy" than actually being honestly positive. Again, it was all pretty strange. To top it off, there are multiple "mean girls" that have solely been promoted due to their over-familiarity with upper management, not for their actual skill sets. This causes an enormous loss in productivity, as well as a significant increase in departmental errors, staff confusion, interoffice turmoil and low morale. The CEO seems completely checked out. I quietly resigned and haven't looked back.