Pros
1. HostGator's progressive approach toward employee comfort and growth far exceeds that of any of my previous exmployers. 2. The company consistantly leads the web-hosting industry in Customer Service ratings and continues to improve those ratings with every policy change. 3. No member of senior management is ever too busy to help the newest Junior Administrator learn, develop, and contribute to the overall success of the HostGator Team. 4. An entreprenuerial spirit is both highly valued and well-rewarded through both internal employee suggestions as well as external marketing strategies. 5. Attendance is the primary factor in career advancement at HostGator. Everyone from the Founder of the company down to the most recently hired employee knows that if you prove you can be trusted to clock in when scheduled, the knowledge and experience required to advance within the company will be acquired naturally. 6. Free meals on every shift. 7. Although the job involves various levels of stress from time-to-time, I have laughed on every single shift I have worked in my two years at HostGator. 8. Our employees have a wonderful habit of taking ownership of our mistakes, and we share our successes with those who contribute to the correction of those mistakes. 9. There isn't a single person on our staff who is commissioned to make sales or incent any customer in any way to spend more money. This makes our technical recommendations for upgrades and auxillary services carry more merit and certainly sets us apart from most of our competitors who tend to focus primarily on profitability. 10. Our CEO started on the lowest rung of our corporate ladder in 2009 with little experience in our industry and proved himself worthy of the highest promotion in less time than one of the billing cycles we offer.
Cons
1. Not enough emphasis on structered forms of higher education. Lack of a tuition reimbursement plan. 2. Lack of a more forgiving bereavement-related leave of absense. 3. Lack of home-sourcing opportunities for employess who can prove to be both trust-worthy and deserving. 4. Weekly therapuetic massages only last 5 minutes instead of, well, longer than 5 minutes. 5. Lack of an organized mentor program.