Pros
The pros of working here are few: You get a free turkey at Thanksgiving and a free ham at Easter. There's free drinks and they have one Monday a month where employees can have a specialty coffee drink made and occasionally give a small breakfast. Each department is supposed to host a month where they serve a meal to the company.
Cons
This company likes to tout that it was rated one of the top 25 workplaces through the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Don't buy the smoke and mirrors! If you appreciate being overlooked for promotions, extra job responsibilities, and collaboration between different departments, this is the place for you. If you have low self-esteem, this place will ensure it is decreased even more! If you enjoy watching favoritism spew like venom from your supervisor, manager, team lead, etc., then apply here! It's a joy when a manager holds "show interviews" for positions they already have someone picked for. That's right! Employees think they're on a level playing field with their co-workers and told that everyone will be given equal consideration. Then, voila! Their favorite is chosen and your supervisor makes up a b.s. reason for why you didn't get the spot. I've managed plenty of employees and facilities throughout my career, and I understand wholeheartedly about spreading responsibilities throughout your team. If you want to be respected as a manager, you do not choose a favorite and then never allow growth of your other team members. Rather, you spread responsibilities throughout the team and allow each individual to grow and amass respect for their role, department, and the company as a whole. The company spreads the myth that employees can speak to any manager at any time -- they claim an "open-door policy." I, for one, can attest to the falseness of this claim. I had an issue with my supervisor setting one level of standards for one particular employee while the standard was different and set higher for myself and another. When I brought this to the attention of HR, they spoke to my supervisor about it, even stating that it was I who had the discussion with them. My supervisor took that opportunity to come down hard on me, going so far as to threaten my further employment with the company. I learned very quickly that I cannot voice any dissent with the company to anyone - nothing is anonymous. No one took the time to welcome me to the company. I have been treated as if I am the dumbest of the dumb, bottom of the totem pole because I hold a data entry position. In reality, I hold an M.A. and have much more experience and educational background to be in a much more advanced position than my fellow "favorite" co-worker; but, because favoritism and butt-kissing is the norm in my department, that individual is allowed to move up and further their career while myself and others who are more qualified sit in our mundane positions with no hope of further advancement.
