Pros
-You get to be yourself.
-You're not punished for expressing yourself.
-Fantastic company culture.
-Management/founders are easily reachable and are integrated into the social circle.
-The company is vocal about the poor status of the industry and always aims to do better.
-Policies and treatment of individuals are fair.
-Bonuses and pay rises to accommodate any increase in living costs or to represent good company performance.
-Wardog wants people to grow, helps people get better and become top tier industry professionals.
-There's room given for personal development and to experiment in specialising in business related ventures outside of core work (Photography, 3D printing, Personal 3D projects etc)
-Transparent salary brackets.
-Clear progression.
-Mid level artist within just a year of industry experience.
-In Scotland (free healthcare, free dental care up to 25, easy travel, beautiful locale, UK has great workers rights and protections, 28 days holiday as a minimum).
-Optional overtime (as in really optional, no peer pressure or requirement, maybe 2 or 3 people out of the company ever participate in overtime but is a great way to get extra cash).
-There's no desire or need for job hopping.
-There's benefits to staying long term.
-We are a tight knit team, everyone likes to participate socially after work hours.
-Free alcohol
-The company puts the workers before the bosses first. The bosses put in a lot of hours to get work done and to move the company forward.
-Bosses do not pocket all the cash.
-We have access to deactivated firearms in the office as reference.
-We can and do push back on clients making stupid decisions.
-We decline work that no one wants to work on.
-We decline work that requires breaking our company culture, segregating staff or gluing shut USB ports.
-We cringe at the quality of work everyone else in the industry provides :)
Cons
-We provide some of the highest quality work in the industry, at times it can be stressful and overwhelming