Pros
The people at Kineo are excellent, both personally and professionally. They make coming to work enjoyable. We work with a wide array of clients in different industries that keeps things fresh.
While Kineo US has been established for over a decade, the size of the organization still allows it to be agile and feel like a start-up. Employees have the freedom to innovate within their position and submit ideas to management for the good of the organization. In the past year the management team has made it a priority to listen to employee feedback and make meaningful changes including professional development budgets, improved PTO, and a Work From Home policy. This is an organization where an individual can make an impact.
Many of the Pros of working at Kineo have been amplified given the COVID-19 situation. We as employees were immediately allowed to WFH if we felt safer doing so before the office was eventually closed. As a recognition for the increased use of home internet/phone/etc management gave us a modest weekly stipend. We've been having digital lunches and happy hours to keep morale and team bonding up. Then last week Kineo delivered small care packages to us with a branded coffee mug, sweets, popcorn and tea with a kind message of appreciation. Throughout the whole pandemic the organization has been very transparent and communicated positive messaging.
Cons
One of the downsides of being a smaller agile organization is there are not as many opportunities for official upward mobility. Employees will take on new and advanced responsibilities without a change in salary or title. Some things also take longer or decisions are made by the parent organization in the UK (City & Guilds). There's been a lot of work in this area to reduce friction but it's not perfect yet.
