Pros
New buildings, benefits package, vacation, employee stock, and very, very few knowledgeable and dedicated employees
Cons
Leadership is exceptionally weak and inexperienced. Many are new to management with no development encouraged or offered, others have never worked elsewhere and lack perspective gained through experience. There are multiple levels of management and bureaucracy for a company this size with micromanaging and bullying styles both encouraged and rewarded. Employees are seen as objects and expenses, not assets with little concern for overall well-being. Management has virtually no compassion or empathy for employees. Those performing essential functions are drastically undervalued and teams are stretched exceptionally thin, with a push to outsource core functions. Teams and individuals are informally encouraged to work in silos, deflecting work onto other groups whenever possible. Focus is placed on individual over team performance, even when projects are group efforts. Rewards are reserved for only those perceived as the “best performers” by virtue of their being most popular. Emphasis on “correcting problems” with employees rather than providing positive feedback. Stressful work environment, poor work life balance, management out of touch with general employees. Projects are approved and executed against at the whims of the executives desires vs. driving the research or furthering the business. Internal Communications often touts the retention of a small company feel but fails to realize this was lost years ago with both the departure from Cambridge and the hiring of self-absorbed executive management. New leadership is only concerned with status, wealth generation, and perks of the Seaport location.