Pros
Co-workers and nearby restaurants
Cons
First thing you notice is the security fence. It looks like a prison, and you feel it while on-site. Why else do you see employees standing at the turnstile exit at 5:00 ready to leave? During your work time don’t forget to play with the company bugs that come around during the fall, nothing like a bug landing on you. You can come in early if you want to, but if you leave early you get a less than 8 hours worked email that goes to you, your manager and the CEO, obviously there is a trust issue here. Did I say 8 to 5 and no flexibility there? Yet expected to stay late without compensation. Lack of communication, managers sit in their office and do not come out and talk to you face to face that is unless you mess up. The main way of communicating is via instant messenger (Jabber), even if you sit right next to them. Let's talk about technology. They claim to be a leader, when in fact they are far behind. They have critical programs running on 10-15 year old servers and no plans to replace them instead they do a Band-Aid fix of trying to upgrade them with the cheapest way. Speaking of technology let’s re-use whatever we can to save a buck. Lack of training, "Here look at a PowerPoint presentation on (fill in the blank) and you are now trained and expected to understand it”. Did I say lack of training? Have a problem do a "google search." If part of your job is to go to the south campus which is about ¼ utilized (there are floors that aren’t fully built yet) you have to use your own vehicle, even though they have company cars which are only for employees whom come from out of state so they don't need to get a rental. There’s nothing like having an exercise room to get your juices flowing, and with only two showers. Avoid the area around noon unless you want to smell sweaty people. Did I mention lack of communication? Friday evening I received a phone call from HR to inform me that due to a restructuring I have been terminated “laid off” effective immediately. Saturday I received the official notice via UPS.
