Pros
Management is so busy you can do pretty much whatever you want
Cons
My experience at CK/ DyGen was sub par to say the least. I would rate my time there as being similar to how the guy in “The Human Centipede” felt.... not the one at the front, probably the dude at the end. I was hired into a position & quickly realized the terms agreed upon prior to getting hired were not going to be met. Specifically the structure of teams, account load, and pay. But I continued to be an A employee & grow an existing, plus new portfolios, while simultaneously playing managerial roles with that I was not being compensated for. Upper management openly devalues their employees on the phone with clients & backpedal in conversations that result in the company looking bad, and unnecessary credits. Frequent ethical dilemmas caused by internal issues that would be easily solved if profits weren’t going to Range Rover rentals, $100k+ daily driven vehicles, & unwarranted travel, but we’re here for a good time not a long time, right? HR is a literal joke. Her first reaction was to laugh out of uncomfortably when I discussed issues I was having with my health, and then she went on a tangent about her teenage son whom is having issues in school for a totally unrelated health issue (very confusing scenario). She then proceeded to get defensive, give dirty looks, and elevate her tone while I tried to quit & was explaining that I need to walk away from the company. I guess that is the result of someone who gets put in an HR position that has a cosmologist background. Take whatever help, and hire what who is the most convenient #amiright Words of advice; stop misleading your employees, understand the pulse of your company, actually pay the appropriate parties when accounts come in, don’t wait to make moves until your employees threaten to quit, hire a professional cleaner, and grow the balls to tell your employees to take care of their obvious hygienic issues. It’s so clear the building is way too small for the amount desks & employees crammed in there like some sort of 3rd world advertising factory. Literally employees on top of another, no natural lighting (unless you’re fortunate enough to sit near the windows that are constantly closed), & the florescent lighting is straight out of cell block c on the prisons. Total lack of investment into the comfort of employees & overall care for the space they provide people to work in. I would highly highly doubt anyone who is in ownership of the company would let their personal homes be 1/10th as gross as the office they force their employees to thrive in. Bonus points for expanding into the garage to support growth. Have to give credit where it’s due. If you want quality employees, provide quality work conditions. Cell phone reception sucks, and there’s a lack of phones & rooms to take calls on. You had an employee managing over $500k a month on a computer that can’t load 3 programs simultaneously. A capable SS hard drive is $300. Thats literally skipping out on one those necessary Range Rover rentals one time to make an employee more efficient while they copy and paste their way through life. Budget constrained, asleep at the wheel, or genuinely don’t care about the employees? Not sure which it is, but it’s all bad. Company perks, pubic hair on urinals, dirty water, & over priced vending machine items. Beer on Friday’s is cool, but proper internet connection is cooler. Just because you can wear jorts & flip flops doesn’t mean a company has culture. Weight loss challenges, the stench of 10 year old carpet & Halloween skits are what you can look forward to for company culture.