Pros
I started over the spring with Vitera and at the time found the job to be ok. I was looking for a step up from my previous job in terms of salary and benefits as my wife and I want to start a family. The salary and health benefits were a little better than what I had before. The location is convenient for me and for the most part, my coworkers are reasonably nice.
Cons
This is most definitely a dead-end job. There are no advancement opportunities even if you work really hard and do a good job. Management positions or team leader positions seem to be filled based on who sucks up to management the most which isn't my style. No one has gotten a review or raise. The company just put out the new benefits package for 2013 and it's a MAJOR step down from where I just came from. It's some new high deductible insurance plan with an out-of-pocket of $9,000 PER YEAR for a family. No that isn't a typo. The deductible alone is $3,000 before anything is covered. So, if we have a baby sometime this next year, the first $3,000 won't be covered AT ALL and then the insurance plan only pays out 80%. I also didn't notice during orientation that the 401K program is really weird. For example, they don't provide ANY employer match except ONCE PER YEAR and ONLY if you are working for the company on the 31st of December. So, if you work the whole year and get laid off or quit before December 31st, you get NOTHING from the employer. Also, by only paying out the employer match one a year, you get NO BENEFIT from having those funds invested for a whole year. Like I said, this is a dead end job. As soon as the Christmas holiday is over, I'm going to be looking for other work with a company that actually cares for its employees.
