Pros
- When it comes to the overall company, everyone is usually very kind to one another especially when it comes to mental well being or just having a good time at a company gathering via zoom. - The CEO knows everyone and he is always sending really fun emails to everyone and they have been quite enjoyable during the pandemic. - Overall, the biggest pro is the people that work for this company. They work hard for little wages. - Bonuses happen every year especially we do well but there's a con to this.
Cons
So here are some cons: - While bonuses are great, this is their excuse to not give anyone raises. If you are planning to work here, be sure to negotiate your salary early on as that might be your own wage until they provide the typical "cost of living wage" or they feel "nice" enough to provide a salary raise. - No one gets fired even if you are a really bad boss or not nice to your employees. I've heard of people being retaliated on and even being treated poorly by their managers and no one gets fired. Everyone continues to turn a blind eye to management even if they do poorly because for some reason, that's better to do than provide a safe and growing environment for their employees. - There is no such thing as a good promotion. If you get a promotion, congratulations, its just a title change, a small raise but nothing else changes. You don't really move up. You just stay in the exact same hierarchy. - The higher ups refuse to address anything that involves racism to their internal teams and I believe its due to their response to BLM in the summer. They sent out a public statement but made no statement internally and were called out for it. Now instead of really trying, they've decided to make no statement even though recently, Asian Americans are being hurt in the bay area and last I checked, we are a manga and anime publisher. Our community and employees is majority Asian and Asian American. Its truly unfortunate to see. I have respect to the employees who have made a DEI group that combats this behavior. Its hard to see that its basically management vs employees at this company.