Lack of Professionalism Turns This Opportunity Into an Emotional Quagmire
Pros
Opportunity to work with kids projects - make no mistake: this company is about dominating the kids field. Substantial lee-way with implementation details - engineers generally call the shots on what technologies to use and how to roll out features. Huge opportunities to learn about business and technology. Never be bored - you won't have time to be.
Cons
Work is never consistent - each project involves huge surprises with absurdly tight deadlines. Atmosphere of fear is pervasive and unnecessary - deadlines are routinely cut in half to make people jump. Nepotism has created a paralyzing layer of tenured middle-management - and the middle management is rarely capable. Daily time-clock e-mailed to entire company. No official vacations allowed. Each year, the demos for Consumer Electronics Show are mismanaged and lead to a monster crunch. Getting licenses for necessary products is almost impossible, leading to dubious "install disks".
