Pros
1. Location – not in downtown area which avoids traffic for an easy commute 2. Culture – people are generally fun and there are some fun perks. Family picnic every summer, annual kickball tournament, super fun Halloween costumes and decorating, random free food / cookies / hot cocoa / popcorn all the time, people can wear football jerseys in the fall and shorts in the summer 3. Opportunity – people often wear many hats beyond their job description. If you take the initiative to take ownership of projects, tasks, etc. you will easily stand out and find yourself very valuable to the company. There are always new roles or opportunities to grow into as the firm grows 4. Work quality matters over policies – while we do have ActiveTrak software to monitor your work activity, that was added to preserve Friday as a work from home day. I personally would rather get to work from home once per week than worry about a software. Additionally, my personal experience has been that my department / managers do not care what the tracking software says about me as long as I am delivering high quality work. In fact, I feel like this job is more flexible than others I have had (for example, I am allowed to leave early to pick up my animals from doggy daycare and it has never been an issue). 5. Leadership – I was surprised to find the leadership team having negative reviews. I really like our current leadership team and feel like they are navigating a rapidly changing and growing firm about as best they can 6. Transparency – Kestra holds quarterly town hall meetings where they tell all employees key updates, strategy shifts, and keeps us informed. They also have monthly lunches with the CEO to ask any questions you want
Cons
1. There is nowhere to hide here. If you aren’t doing work, it will be noticed. The company always runs lean just due to its growth, so if you want a cushy job that doesn’t really matter, this is not the place to go 2. Lack of infrastructure / built out processes – there are some stop gaps to temporarily keep things moving while heavy investments are being made in hiring and technology. In the interim, you have to get creative to get things done
