Pros
- Never a dull moment, new challenges every day. - Benefits are improving and the HR team is turning this into a bona fide corporation. - Startup approach to development can be exciting. - There are only a few hints of sexism on our team but the women don't seem to be bothered by it. - Working with (mostly) intelligent, helpful people. - The CTO tries to be nice and down to earth. Not convincing, but a nice guy.
Cons
- Diving catches (overnight and weekend work to get stuff done in a crunch) occur often and reflect the poor planning and tech team management. - Teams are in silos. - #onefanatics is the motto, but the West Coast vs. East Coast differences in work environment, resources, compensation, and opportunities are jarring. - Communication across teams who are dependent on eachother is weak and usually saved for the week before giant projects are supposed to go live, and consist of decisions and questions that should have been broadcast months before. - Management training is non existent and shows in the amount of micro managing and poor morale on the Jacksonville tech teams. - My team is shrinking but my work load keeps growing? - Middle management is controlling and likes to take credit for work managers shouldn't even be doing if they're doing their job right.