Pros
Competitive benefits - really strong parental leave for non-birthing parents, didn't have to agonize over health insurance last month with an option to have the exact same plan and price. Strong teams with an intentional approach to team-building among remote employees - frequent communication, formal and informal. Very well-supported in my team and by immediate levels of management. Until last week I was extremely happy in my job, having been hired as a remote (permanently, allegedly) employee, it was as close to a dream job as I can imagine.
Cons
Absolutely shady action by new CEO in an employee-owned company. I haven't been here long but it seemed like we had a very different culture than the publicly-traded firm I left. Then an absolute top-down edict on return-to-office, reversing course on MANY employees such as myself who were hired to remote positions (not COVID remote, but allegedly permanently remote) or had successfully transitioned to such a position in the last two years - though some have been with the firm since before the remote flexibility was greatly increased, those who opted in did so with assurance and expectation of permanence. And during his transition into the CEO position, he further reassured employees that he would not change the spectrum of virtual options! Even if this course is reversed, and even if you are an in-the-office (or the field) kind of person, there has been a real breakdown in trust and I would look elsewhere until this dust has settled. More time is needed to see how this CEO responds and acts over the next several months, at least, and how it shakes out down at the employee level as well. I don't think anyone wants to join a new company at the start of a major exodus of long-term employees so wait and see what happens.
