Pros
As an employee-owned company, Radiance attracts talented, driven, and highly cooperative people. The majority of people throughout the organization are deeply devoted to working hard and helping their coworkers whenever possible. The company offers great health and retirement benefits.
Cons
The senior leadership of Radiance is highly toxic. The CEO in particular works diligently to create and maintain a culture of fear, acquiescence, and lack of professional boundaries. Dissenting opinions are met with swift punitive measures, public humiliation, or termination. The attrition rate at the senior management and executive level is exceptionally high. During my time at Radiance, such senior leaders would be working one day and gone the next. No warning, no explanation provided to their teams, much less the company at large. This occurred with 6 different senior or C-suite positions in less than two years. This toxic atmosphere springs primarily from the long-time CEO who regularly gives talks to the company about values, care for employees, and "doing what is right". Behind closed doors, however, he acts in a consistent opposition to the stated company values. Hostile to differing opinions, verbally combative and unprofessional, and heavily self-focused, he communicates with his actions that his priorities are profit over people, and control over collaboration.
