Like any great company, there’s room for improvement, and I think Precoa would be first to admit it (one of its values is progression). One challenge I’ve experienced working here are growing pains to be expected at a company that is growing from small to midsize, and that also has a group of employees that have been here from when it was a startup. It can sometimes feel like it takes a long time to get decisions made, or that managers don’t have enough time for adequate employee instruction and interaction. These issues though are known and currently being addressed, and I’ve seen honest attempts of management to start trusting responsibilities to more people and connect with their employees (one VP even gave up his office so that he could work side by side with his team, and use the space for collaboration instead).
Another area for improvement involves diversity. I read another post on Glassdoor that said something like, “if you’re not Mormon, you can’t move up,” a statement with which I disagree but can see why this person might think that. The company got started by a group of people primarily of the same faith, all of whom (to my knowledge) still work here and have leadership positions. The company also chose to recruit from BYU, so, as you might imagine, diversity is lacking. I think the company can and should take steps to diversify its workforce, not just because society deems it the right thing to do, but because it could benefit from the variety of experiences and ideas that come from a diverse staff. But please don’t get me wrong, I have never witnessed intentional prejudice at an individual level at Precoa, and though I wouldn’t call leadership a “diverse” group, there are leaders at Precoa who are not Mormon, not white, and not male. I was also very pleased to learn that the company chose diversity to be the focus of one of the employee-led, companywide projects later this year.
