Pros
- Good coworkers on my team. We got along well and it felt like we could be ourselves around each other. - The perks and company events (pre-pandemic) were nice diversions from the daily grind.
Cons
- Irresponsible handling of COVID-19. They forced employees back into the office just 3 months into the pandemic and completely ignored those who felt they were safer or better off working from home. Then for the next several months, upper management dodged questions about it and made up a bunch of clumsy excuses as to why it needed to happen. - Very low pay relative to the industry. Almost no raises or promotions despite responsibilities constantly being added to your plate. Your work could be featured at a national level or even win an award, and it still won’t make a difference in the long run because management couldn’t care less about acknowledging it in a way that matters. There is zero room for growth, and little motivation to go above and beyond in your role. - From a creative standpoint, the work itself can become draining and demoralizing after a while. Clients routinely ask for outrageous edits that add a million things to the billboard. Designers are basically powerless in pushing back against them, and salespeople are so focused on driving revenue that they’re often insufficiently able to reign the client in or properly educate them about the medium. At the end of the day, it’s clear that the company has no problem with selling ineffective, cluttered-looking billboards so long as it makes them money.
