Pros
Colleagues are knowledgeable, helpful, talented. ACA makes excellent hiring choices. The work is interesting, involved, and niche. Our services will always be needed and our clients are grateful for our assistance. Benefits are competitive. Lots of PTO, pretty good pay, and so many opportunities to grow. I cannot stress enough that, if you put forth the effort, you will be promoted and you will make money. Work from home option 4 days/week. Work from home one full month anywhere in the world. Lots of free food and fun events. Tons of growth.
Cons
ACA cannot retain employees because ACA thinks that anyone in the firm will do any job they’re told, for any conceivable amount of time, simply because they’re paying them some amount of money. You will work more hours in a week than your colleague. Your colleague will have time to study for tests which must be passed to earn a promotion, but you will not. When it comes time to be promoted, your colleague will get promoted, but you will not, because even though you were working 12-15 hour days for the entire first quarter, you should have found the time to study. And since you didn’t have a spare moment to fill out your time sheet, they will claim that you have no proof that you ever worked at all. Multiple people will be your superior and demand that you finish tasks either before or after normal office hours regularly. Everyone will be in charge of you except for your supervisor. Manipulation and gaslighting are not only common occurrences, they’re a required skill to move to mid or senior level roles. Expect to be told things that are not true about yourself, and expect to have no power to advocate for yourself in response. You will skip meals, sleep, and important life events to work. You will be asked to work even while you are out sick, and punished if you do not.