Pros
Schedule flexibility Opportunity to travel to some pretty cool places/customers Company lunch/events occasionally --- if you enjoy that kind of thing The people are great. The employees and most of the managers are friendly, fun, helpful, and really support one another.
Cons
Stuck in a hire/fire cycle and they do both at warp speed without a big picture view of future. That cycle is very stressful on the employees. It creates uncontrollable ebb and flow in workload (when they hire a bunch of people to spread the work out and then lay a bunch off and all of a sudden you're doing the work of 3 people) and creates uncertainty in job security. The culture they portray to the public is not what it's like to actually work there. There is no autonomy for managers to make even small decisions. CEO needs to make every decision and doens't disagree in a friendly way. Both he and his wife (who also works there) have a public persona that is caring and open to all opinions, but is very different in reality. They can treat people very poorly for small or even perceived slights and make it very difficult to go to work everyday once you're not in their favor. They value employees that serve as "informants" over those that do quality work (which may contribute to their financial instability). The "real" culture is much more toxic and difficult to navigate. They surround themselves with people that agree and conform rather than anyone that can provide a different perspective/experience or challenge them. Required to go into the office all the time when everyone is capable of working from home (we all did it for 3 years with no problem). Raises to salaries are small and don't keep up with cost of living --- raises to benefits costs are big and unmanageable.
