Pros
There are lots of intelligent employees who want to work together and support each other. Many employees engage with one another in social events. Pay is competitive with industry standards.
Cons
1. The CEO claims he wants the employees to have a healthy work-life balance, although some or most of the C-Suite levels determine how frequent employees come into the office due to "what is competitive to industry standards". Take a step back and ask yourself, "what does this mean?" What is the purpose behind a employee engagement survey if a few group of high level individuals, who make incredibly high salaries, have to dictate a MAJOR factors toward many other employee's worklife balance? That is not engaging with employees. Please stop excusing yourself with the hybrid and Astrak BS by saying, "we need to stay at the forefront of our work, what other companies do, and do what is necessary to move foreward" when you are not allowing your employees to be brash and candid with their thoughts. people are afraid to be transparent because they do not want to be let go or fired. 2. The COO...is a REALLY unaware and egotistical guy. His leadership has been abysmal with the public knowledge of Renaissance. He believes that by hiring outside management and praising their experience, having employees work Saturdays, sharing the intricacies that this project has been ON HIM, and claiming HOW GREAT the company has done, can lead to people that can understand him. What he is not aware of, is that his pride is his downfall. He needs to acknowledge that he has been a part of the failure for leading the project and step out of the role, instead of staying to make a good name for himself, and putting many employees in a position of paranoia and fear to complete a project with unrealistic deadlines. It was supposed to be launched in 2022 and was changed, recently from early october 2025 to spring or summer 2026. That is another drastic shift in a deadline. 3. Some senior leadership can be micromanagers or not sympathize with employees. However there are some leaders who do a great job at listening to their peers and providing guidance. 4. I question the CSO's belief, or someone related in a higher position in IT, to require all employees to download the messaging and email apps to your cell phone. That is some big brother behavior.