Vantaggi
The only pro was working with certain people in my department. Employees, including myself, stick around for the people, not the company, until a better opportunity comes along or we are treated terribly enough that we have to leave. At first I thought I was helping students in Arizona, but that's a joke. This company is all about putting money into the CEO's pocket at the expense of providing a real education to the students.
Svantaggi
Huge turnover. Instead of trying to fix issues raised by people leaving the company, they will blame the employees leaving and typically trash talk previous employees. Constantly changing management. HR does nothing with complaints, even of a serious nature. Raises are low or non-existent, even when you get a glowing review from your manager. Company changes its name every couple of years, so make sure to look back on previous reviews posted under Flipswitch. A highlight I remember fondly: after raises were cut and we were told it was because we weren't doing as well as hoped, the CEO drove a new, extremely expensive sports car into work the few days he came in that week. That's not exactly great for morale. No direction: while I was there, we constantly changed direction, often moving at the whims of upper management rather than actually doing market research and focusing on what could bring true value. If the sales team heard about an idea that wasn't even close to being implemented, they would make sales based on promises that we would have those products or features built. Pure chaos. StrongMind only seems to be alive because of the too relaxed laws for online charter schools. If those laws are ever tightened up and enforced, this company will not make it.
