Awesome benefits, but transitioning for the worse right now.
Pros
The benefits are really awesome. Good health insurance, 100% paid by AWeber. Gourmet lunch for free every day. Lots of training opportunities, too: if you want to take a class or go to a conference to enhance your skills, AWeber will pay for it. I felt inspired every day by the team I worked with. You'll get to work with smart professionals at the top of their fields in a collaborative environment. There's a lot of camaraderie among teams.
Cons
Recent changes implemented by upper management threaten to kill the culture I really loved at AWeber. Work/life balance used to be a big priority, but now we're told that since AWeber's hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., we should consider those our hours, too. They're looking for people who live to work, and I left because while I love what I do for a living, I need a life outside of work, too. AWeber is very behind competition because management stood in the way of releasing projects that would have made our software significantly more attractive. It's hard to be passionate about what you do when the service you work for is behind the times. AWeber used to feel like a supportive family, but they seem to be turning into a corporate machine that measures job performance based on how many hours you're willing to spend there. There are more ways to show passion for your job that isn't working around the clock. Additionally, AWeber has a new standard of measuring "passion" for employees, but has not been clear about what their standards of "passion" are. Managers tend to not give feedback on performance unless explicitly asked, so be ready to spend a great deal of time asking how you're doing if you're concerned about job security. The culture is great. The benefits are great. But expectations of management are fuzzy at best.
