Pros
One thing they do pretty well is hire great people, with a few exceptions. It is rare to find an environment where so many of your coworkers are very great, cool to hang out with even outside of work, people. I'd say at least 90% of my immediate coworkers were this way. Only a few employees were looking to stab you in the back and climb the corporate ladder while most of the others would joke with you and really roll up their sleeves to help when you're against a wall. Lots of great friends to be made here. It really did make it feel like going to work wasn't so bad when you got to see these folks. Also, being such a small team affords you the opportunity to pick up some new skills and really expand yourself. This is all within limits of the ever growing time constraints, but the chance to learn new things from the amazing people and just the need for more people on some projects allows for this. I'll say it too, the building, while some may few it was overkill and the root of possible money issues now, it is very nice. A great complex with a nice gym, plenty of parking (people who were there before 2016 will know that's a huge plus), a nice relaxing break room and the building is kept very clean. Were a better cultured company the buildings residents, if likely suggest you beg for a job there.
Cons
It's actually harder to speak to the cons than the pros. Not because there are so few cons but it is really hard to stress how bad this place can get without coming off as a bitter, former employee. If you don't want to read this whole thing I'll give you a quick summary: Get in, get the job and do the experience then get out after about a year, this place is not a career. Management and ownership do not have your back, they will lie and use you. Overwork you then spit you out when you're nothing more than a shell. Continue reading for details. We can start at the top. This company is lead by a two-headed dragon, a pair of co-owners each "specialized" in their disciplines and major areas they oversee. I worked under the COO, a guy who I think, outside of the workplace, would actually be a pretty decent guy to know. His partner, the CEO holds the purse strings and tends to be a money = power weightlifting fanatic. The CEO has been accused of shooting up in the office which I can't confirm, however if you take a look at the guy and see his hot & cold attitude in person you'd have to be an idiot to think he was a stranger to the needle. That's his personal life and has no bearing on his ability to lead a company. However his attitude toward his employees and even his partner outwardly in front of others is absolutely. The CEO tends to call people out on things like not having a notepad to take notes during a standup meeting, a meeting supposed to be simply for the benefit of everyone to jay say what they are working on, yet did not have his own nor did his "pet" employees and they didn't seem to take hear from this. The guy plays favorites, especially with certain female employees. I could go on...but I won't. The COO is a control-freak. Again, in personal conversation, a great guy, but in business he's usually got his head so far up his own preconceptions or ideas it's really hard to get anything through on him. Even when you do, it's likely that weeks later your idea will be repackaged as his own. He suffers from being a fairly intelligent guy. I say suffers because he's smart enough to know about thing, such as code and certain terms and how things work but not actually smart enough to know the things. When showed Google Chromes inspection tools he suddenly became a JavaScript and Database guru, telling very talented developers what was wrong with the code, when in fact there wasn't anything actually wrong with it. He hires people who are good and knowledgable but then refuses to let them leverage that as he can't seem to let go of the projects and puts it on himself to do it, blaming those he put in charge for it not being done well. To an extent the job usually isn't done when he takes over but then again that also has to do with him setting up himself as a hard-to-reach resource for needed information. He also has a tendency of changing scope of projects, thus making the goal a moving target that's impossible to hit. The most confusing of all is that he continually puts himself in a position to manage all of his employees directly but admits openly that he's a poor manager. When the employee fails, all fingers and blame are pointed at them and the failure is usually huge. The COO can then usually sweep in with the power and knowledge that he withheld from the employee and be a hero and feed his ego. As for the culture beyond that. People are poorly used for many projects with the CEO allowing his Sales boys to promise anything in order to feed the insurance and gas in their Porsches and other high-value luxury cars while putting the project teams backs against the wall. Again, blame is put on those who are at the bottom. The general though is that of a assembly line factory in that the more hours you poor into the job, the better production will be. Of course the yes men and a few employees trying to climb up are on board with this mindset so no matter how well an employee does their job, if they only work 40 hours a week then they are put on a performance watchlist. Pray your holidays don't fall on weekends or you just won't get them if you work salary Monday-Friday positions. No bonuses have been given in years and there is no sick leave so you will need to use your limited PTO. There is also the lies. Customers are told lies, employees are told lies and I'm guessing they all lie to each other at the top to fill their own agenda. When employees are let go, they're told one thing while "not saying anything" it "slips" about the reason they are let go to employees are the answer is usually different. There is a reason that nearly every former employee felt like they were free from a prison sentence after leaving this company. I've works and left previous jobs before without feeling "relived" to be leaving my old company, if anything a bit sad. When I left this company, even without another job lined up, it was like the world opened up and became a good place again.