Pros
If fake CEO buzzwords float your boat, this is the place for you. CEO is excellent at sending out frequent newsletters that have a lot of words, but no substance. If you enjoy CTFs, these emails are a fantastic puzzle that allows you an opportunity to see inside the mind of a psychopath and derive the next massacre that's hidden inside the sentence structure. Medical insurance, for those in the US, was amazing. You can get low deductible plans that are fully paid for the employee and only $50/month to add the family. With the available plans, you should have no problem getting the psychiatric help you will desperately need. PTO was decent, however as a consultant, you'll be incentivized against taking it, while at the same time pressured to take it. Taking PTO directly impacts your quarterly utilization bonus which expects you to be client billable 60 out of roughly 62 days in a quarter to be at 100%. Additionally, there is a general perception that taking PTO will increase the odds you wind up in the next round of layoffs.
Cons
Despite greater than 10% profits, annual raises were taken away, training budget is non-existent (learn at your and the client's expense). Promotions were a joke, the few that received them, largely had no compensation change as part of it - take on more responsibility, for no change in pay. The half-year review cycle is looking to be much the same - no raises for those with promotions, no raises in general. If you accept that NCC was overstaffed in February 2023 and between the February and August layoffs, the staffing levels have been normalized. Then you likely should question how management expects to hire dozens of consultants in Manilla, with no additional revenue, and can claim that there won't be another round of layoffs as a result. While on the topic of Manilla, leadership clearly didn't perform due diligence before attempting to implement the plan to "open a new region" (they do not want to use words like offshore because it has negative connotations, yet there's no clientele in this new "region"). Failure to understand labor laws and expected compensation has resulted in the employment of a fraction of the staff that was intended and all of those being unable to fulfill the expectations of the job. CEO is a man-child who can't take criticism leveled at him from the staff he is supposed to be leading. Doesn't understand why it's not a good idea to run your consulting staff at 100% util; what happens when someone gets sick, or a client moves a date, or the myriad of other scheduling changes that occur? Threatens to sell off the company when he feels slighted. Makes blanket statements, accusing the entire company of things that are a result of policies in a single region.
