It is a good place to build a career
Pros
The best thing about Working at Progressive is definitely the relaxed culture. Work life balance is great. Flexible working arrangements, and managers who really know how to make the employees feel appreciated. Appreciation is something a lot of companies take for granted. I think it is very easy to shine if you are in a project that lets you have the opportunity to. There is a very high retention rate as a lot of people celebrating over 10 yrs working for the company. Benefits package is very good if you are single. Been told around town that I have the best insurance in town when I use it at any networked facility. Great classroom learning as well as access to online classes to learn new skills.
Cons
Onboarding process needs a lot of work. There is a lot of down time while waiting for project assignment. Very large projects also mean movement is very slow. Definitely will kill any motivation if start falling in step with the crowd. The long timers also have a sense that they are just doing this until they retire. But if you don't want to fall into the crowd and bad habits you will need to learn new skills on your own. But you many never get to use those skills as most of the fun projects are fully staffed. The bad thing is getting stuck in the tail end of a project where you have to follow blindly what to do. PROCESS and procedure is almost insane. They don't let people who are clearly not performing go.
