Pros
- Small team on which you get to wear many hats outside of traditional responsibilities of your role - Pay is decent-ish for more junior positions and CEO is willing to negotiate salary and terms of employment during the hiring process - Warm fuzzies working on non-profit work (which can sometimes be challenging)
Cons
- Absolutely no growth potential here - CEO is super nice in interview process and around clients but pretty condescending day-to-day - You do NOT want to see Paul get upset - if something doesn't go perfectly, expect the fingers to be pointed at you - CEO micro-manages like crazy and it's likely the reason he will never retire. - there is no work/life balance. You will get random days off, or days ending early (and hear it mentioned as a perk you should be grateful for) but you will also be made to feel like you need to cancel/postpone scheduled time off. - if you're hired for a role, you will be doing a lot more than what you agreed to do or expect - ultimately, it's a small branding agency with roots in colour theory - exciting projects don't come along very often - tiny office on the edge of Liberty Village in a very sleepy/boring building, and it felt like there is nothing to do and nowhere do go when you do actually take a lunch - the junior, inexperienced designers kind of worship the CEO even though they're not treated well... they just don't know better, and that's sad. - experienced freelance acquaintances and their opinions/work are values waaaaaaaaay more than any full time employee - I always got the impression that those people are actually smart and do great work, and they're smart enough to know they wouldn't want to work at Haft2 exclusively. I imagine Paul is palatable in small remote doses. - got a complaint? want to report an hr issue? good luck. - crazy employee turnover, and if you join this team, you will likely move on very quickly too. I thankfully got out of there in under 6 months.