Pros
- It feels good to be working for a company that provides a high quality education to which some kids would not otherwise have access. - Clean, safe working environment in a fairly new building. - There are a handful of mid-level managers and employees who hold the company together and make day-to-day work bearable. - Company makes a profit and grows its consumer base year after year. - Decent vacation time and sick leave policies.
Cons
- Leadership abuse the fact that the company provides quality education options for kids with statements that insinuate that employees should feel compensated by the product and services the company provides, while giving themselves gigantic bonuses, and tens of thousands of stock shares, in addition to huge raises. Then they've given everyone else a partial percentage of their bonus, no stocks, and no raises for the last two years. - Elitist mentality by executives, from reserved parking that remains mostly empty until 10:00 am, to a perimeter of offices lining the windows around the florescent lighted cube-city. - Executives often hire unqualified friends of theirs into director and VP positions, allowing them plenty of time to learn the job on-site, without giving proven, dedicated employees a chance at those positions. - Executives, VPs and directors are usually not held accountable for the multitude of mistakes that they make, nor are they held accountable for the poor leadership and lack of dedication they exhibit. Rewards for jobs well done for everyone else are extremely scarce, while it is easy to be reprimanded for the smallest mistake. - The company needs a Chief Operating Officer. There has never been one, and it is clear that it is lacking. - The current CEO demands to approve certain day-to-day operations activities, yet considering that he comes into the office a couple times a month, he is completely out of touch with the real day-to-day operations going on. - Departments across the company are understaffed. Staff is not hired to support company growth and acquisitions. - While education compensation is available, unless the classes are in the field under which you are already working, it is often difficult to get management approval. So if you are looking to take classes concentrating on a field above your current position, approval will likely not be given. In other words, unless you are just trying to get better at your current position, you will likely not get approval from management for compensation. - There is a major lack of communication throughout the company, and upper management refuses share organizational structures, which both generate a level of uncertainty and create inefficiency and frustration. - Those who are allowed to work remotely from across the country, or even locally, make it much more difficult on those who come into the office every day.
