Pros
There were some really great people. A lot of overqualified people were dangled the carrot of job growth, opportunity and sustainable business. I guess if you're going to be trapped in a nightmare dead-end job you may as well be trapped in a nightmare dead-end job with other people who are smart, driven, and gradually having their soul crushed by low pay, long hours, and the knowledge that really good marketing is masquerading as social justice at their collective expense.
Cons
I had like...6 managers. I worked incredibly long hours. My benefits were laughable. PTO was nonexistent. I often felt like I was lying to customers, or felt like I was being lied to by our supply chain/operations. The morality of the business practices that they laud were incredibly malleable, either to serve the ends of the bottom line, or the whim of customers who didn't really care. Often there was a mindset that excused questionable business practices as a result of the idea that at least BE was "better than the alternative." HR was given no budget to do anything other than provide the occasional stiff and creepy happy hour where you would look at the glazed over eyes of the senior management and realize that in no world could they relate to you, nor could they relate to their customers. I guess that's maybe a pro? There didn't really seem to be any malice in the way that they treated their employees/customers, just a willful ignorance and inability to relate. Also, HR was not an advocate for the employees. More than anything it seemed like they were terrified of upper management and would throw any number of various associates towards the gaping hungry maws of an executive team that didn't understand that a business is it's people, not how many eye-clean J SI2 lab grown diamonds they can pop into cheap settings that are most definitely made "in-house." I felt expendable the entire time I was there. There was no opportunity for growth, no work life balance, and poor salary/benefits. Sales bonuses? Give me a break. This is definitely a business that relies less on the carrot and more on the stick. I honestly can say that working here damaged my liver as well as my self esteem. #freeatlast