Pros
I've been here many years and have seen good times and not such great times, but one thing that stays the same is that RETTEW cares about their people, their clients, the community, and the work that they do. For the large majority of employees, this is a flexible, exciting, friendly, rewarding, energizing place to work. The upper management's doors are always open to talk to, but few take advantage. The President has breakfast with a handful of employees on a rotating basis between the offices so employees can talk about whatever is on their mind, and if something is brought up - it does seem to be taken seriously and is addressed and/or questions are answered. Most of my years here, I received some type of bonus if the company had a profit. The past few years, we may have missed a few or they weren't as generous, but they always contributed a 25% match to the 401k, so I appreciated that. On top of the bonus, they also became an ESOP a few years ago and money is put into my ESOP account too - another little nest egg for my golden years. If you work hard, can communicate well, do what you say you're going to do, and work well with others - you can go places here. You can be creative....but don't cry or get pissed off if your idea isn't immediately lauded. Don't give up either....maybe your timing was off, maybe you didn't have the right audience or 100 other things. People seem to want everything to be easy and they just quit at the first "no" or first person that doesn't listen to their complaint. Keep tweeking it or talking about it with different folks if you really believe in it. If you do things respecfully and with good intentions, you'll be well received here because there are alot of very good, caring, open minded, people here. You spend alot of hours at work....you want to surround yourself with good people who care about you and work for a company who's core values support an atmoshpere you enjoy. For me, RETTEW does that.
Cons
Like with any company, or even most families....there are some not such good eggs who don't "walk the talk" or do things the RETTEW way. They are self absorbed, self-serving, lazy, unmotivated, unprofessional, backstabbers - you name it. Some you can work with...some you work around...some you make sure others know what's going on, and wait for them to hang themselves - because it will happen eventually because this IS a good place with good people at the top who WILL address problems once they are aware of it and have all the facts. Sometimes that takes longer than some would like, but it sure would help alot of people spoke up more and to the right people. Employees do have the power to effect change at RETTEW, you just have to go about it respectfully, and do it the right way.
