Pros
Direct supervisor cared about me and there was opportunities to earn more. Work wasn't too bad and there was growth when the company thrived. I wish I could say more positive things about this job, because it was one of the better ones I had, but the business practices and poorly managed company setbacks outweigh them.
Cons
Backend processes were shady and borderline illegal. Company has had multiple lawsuits and fines related to permitting issues and malpractice. Customer's contracts were sometimes inflated for sales rep's commissions, sometimes up to 50%. Transparency to clients was not encouraged and though there were some legitimate red tape issues, most of it was intentionally bypassed. CEO was abusive and known to have "Tantrums," (HR's phrasing), but was passionate about his work. Made several employees cry or step down and was rarely transparent about the negatives of the business, likely to prevent a break in moral, and honestly did steer his ship well during Covid by looking to the future, but with changes in our political climate happened in 2025 it was clear the end of the company was in sight. When layoffs happened the first time, (citing that we were let go due to not meeting some unknown metric and thus we were being laid off as a courtesy, aka all BS), the remaining employees were notified of a $15M deficit and tie up of funds, information that was known prior by management and would've been nice to have been told sooner in order to make succession planning instead of having an hour's notice before getting the can. As recently as of 3 weeks ago there were claims on Reddit of employees not being paid for two weeks consecutively. Major upper-management figures have quit as well and finding a new job after this one has definitely been a 7 week fight. Sexual Harassment or reports were rarely properly handled by HR despite multiple reports from various employees. It was very uncomfortable watching Quid Pro Quo happen and being told nothing could be done about it since it was "he said, she said" despite multiple witnesses. There was a bias in the employees that they did take actions against as well. Most of the managers were ok, but there were a few that outright belittled employees, did nothing but watch videos on their phones all day, and had their friends or family members hired so they could all go to lunch together and converse on company time.