Pros
1. Good title 2. 3 weeks vacation plus perk days off 3. great clients 4. developing software for fire departments is rewarding as you feel like you are contributing back to society 5. If you do fit the very unique mold of this company you can do well and move forward
Cons
1. Poor management - Management is in fact moody, rude, and disrespectful. 2. Micromanaged - you are required to copy your boss on every email and the president on every outgoing email. I was required to send 100% of my emails to my boss prior to sending to clients. All of my emails were returned to me completely reworded and torn apart. I was never able to read their minds of how every small detail should be worded. In addition, all projects I completed were redone and corrected. 3. Pay is below market value. I took this pay because I was changing career paths and willing to take a pay cut in order to gain experience. 4. Impossible Standards - they expect PERFECTION. Absolutely nothing less. In fact I was told that "mistakes are not acceptable". In my opinion and experience people learn by making mistakes, this is how we grow. I was let go due to making too many mistake, even though none of these mistake cost the company $$, clients, or created any negative impact. They were only a result of being in a transition period of learning the new industry. Grammatical errors and forgetting an attachment in an email are examples of unacceptable mistakes. 5. High turnover - I was at this company for about 4 months. In that time they fired 3 people and 1 person quit. Prior to my arrival there had been several others to leave the company for reasons I did not know. 6. Managers are overworked - everyone was too busy which was not good for morale 7. Not allowed to ask for help/No support - I was told many times that my asking questions or for help was inconvenient to my manager. I was told she was too busy to help me with my work. As a result mistakes were made which led to my termination 8. Unfriendly environment - managers with offices stay behind closed doors all day. There was very little interaction among employees not business related. 9. No encouragement - I was never told that I did something right or given credit for the tasks accomplished. I was able to re-engage a client that had been quiet for several years and that meant nothing to the company. 10. Management doesn't listen to staff 11. I was embarrassed to be part of this company during their annual conference. The President, Director of Ops, and Office Manager were verbally abusive to the staff at the hotel. ADVICE - If you need encouragement, room to be yourself and make a few mistakes to learn, or are just not a perfectionist I would STAY AWAY from this company.
