Pros
No much to say here. Employees bringing food for celebrations/holidays and a month of free pizza on Fridays does not count.
Cons
(1) When there is a holiday, birthday, or other celebration, employees get together to organize a potluck. Forget about getting any perks or assistance from the company. (2) The month of free pizza on Fridays is the result of survey outcomes. If the department answers the survey and make senior management look good, then they get their bonus and everyone else gets pizza. (3) Another part of management bonus is cost. To control cost, they will cut benefits and pay. As a result, benefits are below average and pay is at least 20% below market. In addition, they keep the hourly employees under 40 hours/week and have salary employees work overtime for free. There is way too much work, but they do not hire enough people in order to keep costs down. (4) They have computer software to keep track of you to make sure you are constantly working, so don’t go to the bathroom. There is no work-life balance. (5) After the annual review, you might get a 2% raise, but this is not sufficient to cover for the reduction in benefits. Insurance premiums, copays, etc increases faster than 2%.
