This company is a joke, they're just partying on Elsevier's dime
Pros
Lots of free food, drinking during lunch hour, not much work to do on many teams.
Cons
Employees don't take their job seriously. My team lead called in sick constantly when they were actually just out drinking late at night. Many employees are not remotely skilled at their job and only seem interested in socializing and partying. The company has never been profitable and the CEO said they had no intention of being profitable, they just wanted to sell to a bigger company, which they did, Elsevier. But they had no interest in supporting Elsevier's mission. I got put on some work groups with Elsevier and was instructed to just say yes to whatever they asked, and then not implement anything and put them off if they asked for updates. I was extremely uncomfortable with this, since Elsevier would have been where I'd need to go for promotions. During Elsevier trainings, employees paid no attention whatsoever, instead just chatting with each other on their phones under the table, and making fun of the Elsevier trainings in their private chat channel. Total joke.
