Pros
- Summer Hours for most employees (stop working at 2pm on Fridays) - sabbaticals - overwhelmingly, people are "human" - easy to talk to and build rapport with - stock price seems to do fairly well - and stocks are provided as part of compensation
Cons
- Despite it being one of their stated values, the company does not make sound decisions based on data. They seem to make decisions based on the CEO's personal preferences (and no one seems to know what those are based on). Case in point - a survey of employees overwhelmingly indicated a preference for continuing to work remotely. Instead of listening to employees, it seems we are being forced to work in the office Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. *No one* I have talked to about this is happy with this plan. Leadership says they pay attention to data (and maybe they even think they do), but they don't. - CEO micromanages. He involves himself into much lower-level decisions than a CEO should...who is minding the bigger picture??? - Excessive hierarchy and layers of management. It's easy to get pigeon-holed into a narrow role and just stay there, because there are 3 layers of management already above you and they aren't going anywhere. If you want a job where you can just coast, maybe this is a pro instead of a con. - Enova doesn't fire people. This means you have a certain sub-set of co-workers that are just coasting, and another sub-set that is doing extra work to make up for it. Again, if you want a job where you can just coast, this is a pro instead of a con. - Enova wants you to quit. Leadership is repeatedly asked what they are doing to combat attrition. The answer is that they are hiring - i.e. they aren't doing anything to keep you from quitting. TBH with their policies (e.g. in-office work policy mentioned above), it seems they are actively trying to get us to quit. I think it would be giving them too much credit to assume that they have run the numbers and data shows it is more economical to hire and train up fresh talent than to try to be a company that is capable of retaining top talent. I think they are just short-sighted and lazy and want top (i.e. more expensive) talent to quit. - "Person in Charge" aka PIC mentality. It's a pro in some ways - it provides clear accountability. However, it also leads to teams/ppl only taking care of their own. You hear "not my responsibility" a lot. In some cases, this is appropriate. In others, it means *no one* is willing to take ownership. There is also some degree of spending time trying to shop for new owners for things that are not appropriate for you to own anymore, or that you don't want to own anymore. - If you are coming to Enova via a company acquisition, you will be assimilated. A word of advice for anyone at a company being acquired by Enova: start thinking about your next job hunt NOW.
