- Below average pay for technical skills - Incompetent and toxic leadership - The small business "family" facade exists only as a means of taking advantage of employees - No work/life balance, often expected to put in additional hours without compensation to fulfill company-related items (outside of the scope of the contract work) - No growth or even lateral movement - While the CEO behaves in a professional manner, the co-founder and CTO both regularly act like middle school tough guys. They routinely insult and spread personal business of employees to illicit laughs in the company office. Anyone who doesn't fall in line with this behavior and participate as an enabler is ostracized and usually becomes the next target of the behavior.