2.0
Jan 13, 2015
Anonymous employee
Former employee, more than 5 years
Columbia, MD
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Good location. Competitive pay and benefits.
Cons
Very poor physical work environment. An excellent story from the Washington Post and other reliable sources recently noted studies showing numerous drawbacks of open-space arrangements--less work done and more ill people. Research has shown time and again that workers get less done in open-plan offices and that colds, flus, etc. spread much more readily in such environments too. The benefits in building camaraderie simply mask the negative effects on work performance. Not good.