Pros
Kyäni, in a lot of ways, feels more like a family than a workplace. It's a friendly work environment with the great majority of the employees being fantastic, hardworking, fun people. Kyäni has an awesome employee Christmas party with drawings for really nice gifts, provides lunch together as a company at the end of each month, and, for the most part, is a good, drama-free, non-toxic work environment where everyone works hard and gets along. I feel like, overall, compensation is fair for the area we live in (even if there is a significant gender wage gap). Pay and overall work-life balance at Kyäni is good for most of us. There are a few people who have to work a lot of long days but they seem to be in the minority. I think the owners care about their employees, want to provide good wages and opportunities, and want to make a positive difference in the world through the company and its charity work. In my interactions with the owners I've found them to be good people of high integrity, which is really important in a small company. I feel like my manager doesn't micromanage me too much, which is nice. I feel like I'm trusted to do a good job, to be a self starter, and to make many decisions on my own. Benefits like heath insurance, PTO, 401K, etc. seem to be pretty fair and in line with other companies in SE Idaho. Kyäni is so close to being an incredible company to work for. Just a few small changes could really bump it from a good company to work for to a fantastic one.
Cons
Kyäni's main downside is that it's a completely androcentric company. I would wholeheartedly recommend Kyäni as an employer to any of my male friends or family, but would only with great reservation recommend it to my female friends and family members. Kyäni has zero maternity leave, yes, zero. I believe this stems from the underlying assumption at Kyäni that women should only be in the workplace before they have children or after their children are grown up and out of the house, if at all. This is an archaic and privileged way of looking at things. Not all women have someone to support them, not all women want to be a stay at home wife/mom, and thinking that women shouldn't be in the workplace creates a sexist environment that makes it very difficult for those women who have to be or choose to be in the workplace to progress, be valued, and be properly compensated. Kyäni has no real female executives so women are not represented and have no voice when it comes to company policies, and because of that women at Kyäni don't have the the resources they need to be as successful as the men. Overall, like I mentioned in the Pros list, the work environment and comradery at Kyäni is a overall very positive. However, there are a couple of rotten apples, as there are in all work places. The difference is at Kyäni those two bad apples are executives. So they do more damage and hurt more employees than a workplace bully would normally be able to do. They are in the great minority as the rest of the executives are great men, but there's no reason for a company as good as Kyäni is to allow a couple executives to create a toxic work environment for others.