Pros
The employees at STV work very hard. They are called on to wear many hats. Employees that remain with the company for more than 3 years are able to benefit from the ESOP plan.
Cons
Overall management has poor leadership skills The company overall, and especially the marketing department, is disorganized The mktg dept does not have a CRM nor do they have any knowledge of CRM databases and their purpose They sit on RFP/RFQs for 2 to 3 weeks and then give you a week, if you are lucky, to prepare a submittal The go/no-go decisions are rarely made, and if they are a go, rarely do they have the staff or experience let alone any differentiators to sell STV Too many egos and not any collaboration between departments - i.e. creative services (graphics), marketing, and the technical staff - a lot of complaining Marketing dept leadership does not want to change - their favorite quote is "this is how we have always done things" People are overworked and therefore often rude - but I did not blame them - it just made for a negative work environment because everyone is on edge and always looking over their shoulder My experience includes leadership flat out lying and being deceptive The mktg dept does not have a database listing all proposals or any databases for that matter - they have folders setup on every office drive - you have to go through about 50 folders to find what you need Extremely high turnover of proposal managers - during the 9 months I was employed it was a completely new group except Marketing has a bad reputation on both the east and west coasts - Know one has lasted in SoCal for more than a year They refuse to change and therefore are stuck in procedures and processes that were being used in the 1990s - and yes, we have come a long way baby in proposal management since last century! If you are at a job that you like or isn't so bad - I would suggest you stay where you are or keep looking. I wish I had never left my job for STV. It was the biggest mistake of my career. The good news - I'm working for a fabulous company now - but I could have done without the drama.