Pros
You’ll have plenty of time to scroll on your phone, because meaningful work, direction, or leadership is largely absent. Expect a deeply toxic workplace fueled by dirty office politics that slowly pushes you toward the worst version of yourself.
Your name will be handed out to clients as whatever they need. If your official designation is IT Helpdesk but the client is looking for a penetration tester, consultant, or server hardening specialist, no worries—your name will be first on the list. Job titles, skills, and reality are optional here. Meanwhile, your actual day-to-day work in the office often feels closer to swatting bugs and flies off desks than doing anything remotely professional.
When managers hand you a task, you’re expected to do everything: prepare the quotation, define the timeline, follow up on payments, perform the technical work, provide consulting, resolve the client’s internal issues, draft proposals, present them to clients, and keep everyone smiling at all times. Saying “no” is not allowed, even when the task is completely outside your scope of work. Lying becomes as natural as breathing. All of this is magically expected from someone hired as an IT Helpdesk, even when the task is something like a server hardening assessment.
You are expected to be the “ideal” employee—the one who absorbs blame for every failure in the company, even when you are not involved. Lost clients or projects due to poor sales collaboration or pricing that’s higher than the market? Don’t worry—it will still somehow be your fault.
Within a very short time, you’ll enjoy the rare privilege of working under two to three CTOs, two to three managers, and two to three supervisors. This constant leadership carousel gives you fast growth in all majors, giving you the full experience of multiple companies at once—so you won’t need to look for another company or new positions for your growth. Career development is guaranteed, mainly as a professional bug-and-fly swatter.
To top it all off, you’ll be reported directly to C-level management. They won’t have time to lead you, review your work, or understand what you do—but they will approve your reports anyway and confidently blame you if anything goes wrong.
Cons
You need a C-level referral to join the company. Merit, skills, or experience are optional, but knowing the right executive is mandatory.
Your employer will never mention to others that you are related to or connected with C-level management in other companies—this information is treated like a state secret.
You will be extremely tired from not working too much. The exhaustion comes from juggling endless responsibilities, constant pressure, and unrealistic expectations.
The company will always deliver on its promises to you—just not in the way you initially understood them.
You don’t have to pay for any training that was never provided to you in the first place, which is a rare and generous benefit.
You will be bonded to the company because they interviewed you, selected you, gave you a company email address, allowed you to communicate with clients, and introduced you to your coworkers. This level of generosity clearly justifies lifelong loyalty.
Leaving may feel morally questionable, since the company invested heavily in you by doing the absolute basics of hiring an employee.