The culture at projekt202 is slowly deteriorating; the company has transitioned from a place where the best and brightest were wanted and rewarded, to one where staff augmentation is really the primary driver of revenue. In addition, senior management tends to foster cliques where one is either on the inside or the outside. Inside the cliques there is upward mobility, outside the cliques you are little more than a commodity useful for your skill. Prospective employees need to realize this: the nature of projek202’s business is that *you* are their product. The company bills itself as an experience driven transformation shop, but the reality is they are selling you to their clients, and their money is made in the delta between what they pay you and what they charge their clients. Consequently, there is very little incentive to pay you what you are worth; paying you more means a harder time selling you to clients and less profit. So, the company tends to pay less than other companies of its size.