Pros
-Half day Fridays year-round -Generous vacation & days between Dec 25-Jan 1 are considered holiday -Good/Nice people -Fun industry -Led with integrity -Hybrid work schedules -Okay health benefits -Pretty great work-life balance
Cons
-Career advancement is very difficult; there is no career map or metric based performance reviews to prove readiness for promotion (and even if you do meet performance requirements, promotion may be delayed for various reasons unrelated to you) -Pay is not competitive -New hires are offered higher pay than existing employees for the same job -A lot of people in high level management positions due to tenure (continued to get promoted after maxing their pay scale until reaching a VP level after 20-30 years), which means there are several arguably unqualified people in power -On the flip side of the above, there are some instances where a promotion means very little other than title and pay change; the job is often the same, no major upgrade in responsibilities or decision making power (I suppose some might see this as a pro) -Some groups work harder, not smarter -Very traditional and risk adverse ways of doing business
