Exploitative, selfish management
Pros
- Amazing coworkers who are creative and passionate about what they do - Free lunch every Monday - Ability to work from home - Opportunity to grow and take on more responsibility because it's a small team - Fun, rewarding projects
Cons
- Expectations and goals were EXTREMELY inconsistent. Courses were often cut suddenly, even if half the material had already been written or edited. Upper management often gave the excuse of "budgeting" issues, but creating and hiring for a half-written course wasted a lot of time and money as well. - I worked as an in-office contractor, but did the same work as FTE. Upper management tries to keep as many people as contractors, regardless of their value or performance, because it's cheaper to not pay out benefits. Having so many contractors in the office with little distinction from FTE will land the company in legal trouble. - Compensation was far below market price, for contracted writers and editors alike. - High turnover rate due to the cons I've mentioned.