Pros
A job if you need one. Flexible environment. Plus, you can disappear for hours and no one notices. Bagels on Fridays. People are nice when they actually speak to you. Excellent pay for little work - Perfect environment for anyone just wanting to collect a paycheck.
Cons
Cold office culture – no one interacts with anyone else. Days will go by before someone notices you aren’t there. Sometimes it feels like solitary confinement. No team collaboration. Constant non-productive meetings. High employee turnover. Frequent new employees and the “What have I gotten myself into” look on their face. Hires in new employees with slightly different job titles, then “lays off” seasoned workers. Managers at the Executive level have no leadership skills and will go out of their way to unnecessarily lie to you. There are always things that are kept confidential, but they lie about things that have no purpose to confuse you and make you feel secure in your position. No direction given to new employees and then penalizes you for not understanding what is expected of you after several attempts to ask your supervisor. If you’re used to being a top performer, you will be degraded with a lack of responsibility unless you suck up, then you are recognized with promotions and recognition awards. Extreme boredom if you are an efficient person. There should always be something to do, but there just isn’t and you end up going to the all the non-productive meetings so you have something to do. Company spending – will give expensive gifts to employees at holidays and allow certain employees to wastefully expense high amounts, but don’t give you the tools you need to do your job. Also, keeping a whole empty floor of their building, then lays off employees to save money. Vision – Says they have one, then start talking about it in so many circles that you still don’t have a clue and no confidence the Executive team does either.
