All o f the pros are part of a facade of being one of the big boys like Microsoft or Amazon. There are plenty of fringe benefits to lure good employees, however, once you're in you're just another drone. The company treats all of it's sales people like VIPs to a certain degree and will make decisions that act against their own best interest in order to appease their desires. However, other departments have to beg to get any spending money on necessary tools of the trade. To further add to working here, there is a hyper-focus on their ONE product data-v, which was really cool when they announced it, but has been passed by because of the company's aversion to investing in R&D. They're sitting on stagnant software, while their pillar that keeps the lights on (windows licensing) is going away due to changes in how that is sold by Microsoft. There does not appear to be any other fresh ideas on the horizon. Further, the board of directors has too much of a hand in day-to-day dealings. While they may have a right to have a say in how the company runs at a high level, allowing that much granularity to the roll is troublesome when they don't see the everyday dealings and can impact the company majorly when they do things. There isn't much room for growth, and it appears that the only way to get ahead is to work 150% and then threaten to leave if you don't get more money. All raises and promotions, even in title only, have to be approved by the board of directors and these are rare. And every now and then they choose to layoff hardworking employees, seemingly randomly.
