Pros
- Coworkers are generally nice and friendly - It's close to a lot of restaurants, and it is a block away from the metro station.
Cons
- Pay is on the industry low-end. Benefits such as health insurance and especially retirement benefits are uncompetitive. There is no matching 401K for non-exempt employees and no employee parking discount. - Employees must transfer their brokerage accounts to Wedbush... $5k trades cost $50 commissions round-trip and $10k+ trades cost $100+. (What a joke! While other online brokerage recently lowered theirs to $5, Wedbush is still charging these commission prices against their OWN employees. It wouldn't be so unbelievably bad if their trading platform, ClientLink wasn't such a POS.) - Company is slowly transitioning from being led by the CEO/founder to his two sons.The company is also going through reorganizations and is downsizing some of its' departments. Some departments were already stretched thin, so the reorg creates a lot of additional stress for remaining employees. Wouldn't surprise me to see turnover spike. - The CEO/founder personally reviews and approves invoices. For a man who has a reputation for his frugality, that means invoices can sometimes be in arrears for MONTHS. (Have fun dealing with the vendors!) - Some people, especially people that have been with the company for the long time, are complacent. Either they don't care or stopped caring. At times, the feelings of urgency to get things done and produce good quality of work just aren't there. - If annual performance review is mandated by the company, it isn't being followed. Please note that some other companies have QUARTERLY reviews. That means you don't get formal feedbacks from your manager, and it also means you have to approach your manager directly to ask for salary raises.
