Pros
At Kendo there has always been an opportunity to create and execute strategy with significant freedom to operate. There is an enthusiasm for the products that leads to people giving a little extra to get things done. Although many fundamentals are not in place, the environment is improving as infrastructure is added regularly to help accommodate the extreme growth that the company has experienced. Further, there are usually ample opportunities to travel to interesting places on behalf of the company - Paris, New York and Milan are frequent traveler destinations at Kendo. Finally there are smaller perks with snacks, drinks, parties and happy hours being rather abundant in the office.
Cons
If you are a subject matter expert in an operations field it is possible to excel but have your work ultimately underappreciated or not understood - Kendo is an incubator of cosmetic brands, not a company striving for operational excellence. In many areas there are gaps in leadership that lead to less than a full understanding of the magnitude of some of the projects and resulting accomplishments. This creates significant ambiguity in terms of career path opportunities past certain leadership levels in the company. Additionally, basic fundamental set ups that are long standing at many companies are missing from Kendo - this leads to a significant amount of ambiguity at a day to day level.