Don't be fooled by their sales pitch
Pros
Salary can be too attractive to refuse
Cons
This company is a wolf in sheep's clothing. It's a very segmented organization, divided by service type and country/region. They will brag about being almost 200 years old and present that as evidence for how loyal they are to their employees, but only those in certain services/departments get the loyalty. In truth, the marine departments outside of N. America are the 200 year old portions of the company, but the rest of the company is not so old, nor loyal to their employees. BV North America, specifically, is not loyal to any of its employees. BVNA sets unrealistic targets for their services which results in extremely hard sales and high employee turnover. The average sales person probably lasts 18-24 months before they are let go due to 'under performance' whether it be for lack of contracts or low margins. Don't expect to enter a company where everyone is family. The internal competition is practically more fierce than external. I'm actually pretty sure BV's competition loves it, because it makes it easier for them to steal business from BV. Also, this company provides the absolute worst benefits package I have ever seen in the my career. They are aware of how deplorable the package is, because they will resist giving you a benefits overview/brochure when they make their offer. Then, when you do ask for benefits details, they will try to gloss over the details and/or send you the bare minimum information they can and claim the rest of the information is proprietary. Make sure you insist on receiving specifics about the benefits with your hiring letter and insist on getting the hiring letter changed to reflect what you have negotiated. My advice is DO NOT accept a job offer until they have spelled out every detail of the benefits including your vacation time, the vacation earned schedule, sick days, medical costs, commission structure, 401K matching program, etc. Then, negotiate all of it to a better, more reasonable industry standard for benefits. Unfortunately, what you will find is that the vacation package is quite dismal (30-year, experienced, professionals given 1-week their first year), the 401K doesn't actually offer matching (it's random from year to year based on managements' determination on whether they achieved targets or not), the medical benefits are more expensive than average, sick days are not provided, etc. If you do not get those items in writing, you will be given practically nothing and treated like you are starting the first year in your career. Insist on being a part of a commission schedule as well, because bonuses are promised/talked about, but ultimately, never awarded.