gave two years of my life to this place, only to be thrown out like trash
Pros
good benefits, base salaries aren’t bad for stating off. Health insurance is really good. Work/life balance CAN be good if you keep it good; my advice is if you’re salaried, work your 40 hours and log off. DO NOT make it a habit of making yourself accessible after working hours because people will start to expect that of you. Flexible working hours are also nice. Most coworkers are also really great and the work environment is generally really fun and friendly and your peers will be willing to help you.
Cons
the layoff rumors are true. I was laid off with about a hundred other people and we were notified via a random email and nothing more well after work hours. It is very difficult to get a hold of upper management/executives, except when they want to be available/when they want to respond, which made the whole process very confusing and upsetting. they also don’t tell anyone else in the company they’re happening; they just deactivate your email and Teams accounts and people are expected to find out when they can’t find you anymore. And, we were laid off right before APRs would have been conducted which would have determined our eligibility for bonuses, so don’t ever count on any bonuses or raises because they won’t happen and it’s not possible to really set up a conversation about one. (You don’t even get cost-of-living raises.) We did get a severance; it was meager, but at least we did get one. But, nevertheless, once you’re no longer needed, you WILL be laid off, often without warning, a thank you, and with VERY short notice (like, maybe 2 full working days). Communication is often lacking severely leaving people very confused and us managers were often very stressed about making sure people were doing the right thing. KPIs are like the Gospel and if your team isn’t hitting them, you’re expected to PIP them immediately no matter what the root cause of the issue is. I fought hard to support my people and always went to bat to them. It also genuinely felt like we were expected to be robots at times. A lot of admin are also not trained well on any role they receive from a promotion which is stressful especially when you’re getting interrogated as to why you’re not performing well. Nepotism/favoritism also exists and family members/friends of executives are also seemingly exempt from any kind of job insecurity or punishment which I have seen firsthand. There’s also no 401k matching, to boot. If you like a flexible schedule and a decent starting salary with good benefits, then it’s nice… but just know that there is no security whatsoever and any week can be your last.
