Vantaggi
This company has an uncanny ability to hire wonderful people. Talented, friendly, caring, and hardworking. All of the employees there genuinely care about each other, and they genuinely want the company to succeed. It was a pleasure to get to know the other employees.
Svantaggi
This company would be great, if not for the people running it. I tried hard throughout my time there to believe that the owners cared about their people as much as the people cared about the company, but they kept showing me over and over again they did not. Plus, if you are a woman, be prepared to deal with some serious sexism. A few things I encountered: - Sexist comments made by one of the owners of the company, calling women "over-emotional" and "paper-pushers" - Not paying commission to their sales people for EXTENDED periods of time, even though that commission was owed - Executives shutting down any and all attempts to create a good company culture. For example, penalizing people for talking to colleagues during the workday, or having breakfast when they arrived at the office in the break room - Executives dismissing ideas as "stupid" or "not realistic", only to bring up the same ideas in future meetings and claim them as their own - Paying people way below what they are actually worth, and then laughing at them when they ask to get paid more - Executives taking a dictatorship approach to their employees. When an employee was unhappy, demanding that they "keep their mouth shut and pretend to be happy and like the company" instead of trying to help them - Executives not understanding that people have lives outside of work. High expectations to work on the weekends or DURING a vacation, with NO additional compensation or overtime pay - Executives demanding unrealistic results while not providing the minimum resources needed to get there - Not drinking their own kool-aid. Spouting ideals about quality, honesty, and integrity, while providing below-par products to customers and not following through on promises made to clients and employees.