Pros
They pay 100% of your medical insurance. The office is full of younger twenty-somethings, which might be a bad thing if you’re older, but it can be a fun social environment. It’s a pretty decent location close to lots of places to eat. There’s opportunity to go to conferences paid for by the company.
Cons
Management. Almost every problem with the company starts with management. The CEO isn’t around nearly enough to actually lead his company. He relies on a select few in management to fill him in on the details of what’s going on in the office. The amount of politics and personal agendas that get into those details distorts his view of everything because he isn’t around to know any better. You get a project that’s doomed from the start and when it inevitably fails, they make it look like you aren’t good at your job. Behind the scenes, the CEO is told you’re not performing up to par, so now he’s against you. That’s the sound of a bus coming and you’re about to get thrown under it. You’ve just been set up to get fired because they don’t like you. If you aren’t attractive enough to at least keep around as eye candy, don’t make waves and keep your head down. Otherwise, you’re expendable. You spend ages in meetings. It’s hard to actually get anything done because of how many hours you spend talking about getting it done. Getting berated during a meeting is not unusual when management is power-tripping extra hard that day. People are constantly quitting and getting fired, and they just replace them with more people who either be quiet and take it or get fed up and leave like everyone before them. You’ll know it’s time to quit when you feel physically sick to your stomach every morning at the thought of going into work. I shared this feeling with three other coworkers before finally calling it quits. Save yourself the trouble and look elsewhere.
