Pros
Any business can give away free food. Its purpose isn't for employee morale it's done to keep the herd content and quiet. What they need to give away is free xanax so you can live through the multitude of anxiety attacks this place gives you on any given day. Not to sound like a millennial but a big shout out to Joe P. You sir, are everything that could be right at Renew. You are a man of integrity and honor. I have more respect for you and what you've endured than for all the other members of executive management combined.
Cons
Founder is in way over his head. Had a momentary stroke of genius with his ideals (yes, they were ideals and not how the real world works) of PACE yet decided not to listen to good solid reasoning and lost many brilliant people. And, based on who has been hired since, he doesn't have a keen sense of talent. Seems he is just hiring "yes men". I say men because other than outward appearances, women have little say in Company matters. Make no mistake, this is the epitome of an old boys network. It also helps to be white. It almost seems like he lives in a bubble or fantasyland where everyone is honest and altruistic. Cisco, seriously, wake up. Top down executive level leadership (haha) that doesn't listen to departmental leadership and doesn't share information with them. Top down departmental leadership (haha) that hoards information and doesn't share it with other departments that allows for misinformation to be shared and then retracted almost daily. Top down group leadership (haha) that is inexperienced managing others and spends most of their days in meetings where they disseminate all of the misinformation given to them. Front line employees who are underpaid and over taxed with keeping up on daily policy and procedural changes. A company that's been in business for as long as we have shouldn't still be going through "growing pains". Executive management has almost no foresight or thoughts towards future growth. And then they wonder why they have little to no business being generated from their main market. I overheard a manager call it "market saturation". Makes sense to me. Obviously not them.