Pros
Decent offices and close to Metro. Key needed for bathrooms (good security) and parking nearby or under the building. They planned a move to a new location so this may no longer be accurate since I left early in the year.
Cons
This group (senior leadership) presents themselves as an empowering force for professionals to contribute, collaborate and bring innovation. According to them, they only hire the "110% DRTer". That translates to "we will only listen if it is exactly what we are already doing". They speak poorly of each other (senior leaders and HR) behind their backs and this all happened on my first day. They created a position, courted me for weeks, asked me not to accept another offer until another principal could return, made the offer and two weeks later decided they were not ready for a position at this level so they are eliminating it. In my interview (4 separate leaders) they all gave solid justification for why now was the time for this new role (HUGE sales pitch carefully coordinated). In the two weeks I was there, top leadership (who constantly whisper about the "sorority sister" relationship between two of the principals shares that she doesn't want to work there anymore and it became painfully obvious that my job was to be the agreeable sounding board. So the picture painted for me in my interview was just one big lie. Miserable doesn't even come close. When I was unwilling to sit for another hour and listen (since I had been hired to do a job) and politely excused myself, the passive aggressive retaliation began. This individual became instantly angry when in a meeting I made a few suggestions and they were applauded (doing what I was hired to do). I was later told that she had been making the same suggestions for months while holding down my department and her own and no one ever acknowledged her ideas. This made the nit-picking all the more aggressive. No amount of support and acknowledgement placated this bitter "professional". So when I was summarily dismissed after two weeks I was not in the least surprised when I was told they were "eliminating" the position after "careful consideration". Of course this is after the months of "careful consideration" given as to why this position was critical to their growth as a "player" in the new category of business they were now a part of. They did me a huge favor and I am relieved that only two weeks of my life was affected. This place is a cesspool of gossip, back-biting and negativity, cloaked in cheesy grins and "girls run the world" banners (figurative). I have to say that the other employees I came in contact with were pleasant, helpful and competent. Hopefully, they won't get on the bad side of the wrong individuals. Another interesting factoid: The position they eliminated has been filled with someone who views my LinkedIn profile regularly. Someone should tell them that LinkedIn notifies and identifies who's viewing you.
