Pros
Their vacation policy is one of the best in any industry. The people that you work with on a daily basis are some of the finest folks you will ever meet and for the most part I was allowed to work without micromanagement and without anyone watching what time I came in or went out. If you work hard in some areas you get leeway to work how you want to and if you need to say go to a doctors appointment or a graduation during the day, I can say I was never penalized. Also, even though there is supposed to be a two week minimum notice to ask for time off, my bosses were never strict dictators because they understand that life happens. Again, the people you work with daily and SOME of the managers there are amazing people.
Cons
Salaries suck and negotiating after accepting a position is fruitless! Using competing job offers after being employed there or even threatening to leave is a hit or miss (mostly miss) strategy. Bonuses are mostly good, sometimes 7-10% of your income but the starting salary is horrible. They will use any excuse to not give you a pay raise. I went more than 4 years once without a pay increase and it wasn’t due to my work ethic or the fact I wasn’t worth it. After presenting my reasons for at least being paid in the range the market said I was worth, I got multiple excuses as to why no raises were given. I won’t repeat them here but I decided that any company that believes you can be paid lower than the bottom end of the market range and easily replaced, is not a company I should stick with so I left. My income went up 40% with my next company and I’ve gotten rave reviews after less than a year of service, the same reviews I got while working with HEICO.
