Pros
-6% Roth/Regular 401k contribution, matched at 100% -Good lower management -(Position specific) Travel -Product which is superior to competition -Hire people with bad majors but good test scores
Cons
-401k match vested 0% until 2 years -Illegal rules (don't discuss your pay, don't look for other jobs, non-compete which you aren't paid for is non-binding in Texas) -Strict rules (tobacco policy without options, archaic dress code and handbook) -Extremely conservative atmosphere with little room for disagreement -Horrible Houston office is difficult to work in -Infrequently and poorly updated internal information -Lower compensation than competitors -Ostensibly encourage innovation but only as a way to improve morale. No suggestions will be listened to and good suggestions are often met with vitriolic emails explaining that the company does not actually care what lower employees think -Bonuses are either non-existent or so small they're practically insults. $15 or $20 for a good review on a week long job, which you're told to beg the customer for. Ludicrous. -I was told I was doing a good job and that no customer had ever complained about me less than a month before I was fired with immaterial reasons. -If this is the only "real job" you can get to hire you, realize that you are there for a year or two of abuse/experience and that after that you will move on to another job. It's not a good place to go but if it's all you have, it will work for a while. The employees work to make it manageable but the corporate attitude and internal rules are truly invasive and awful. -Management nickle-and-dimes you with expense reports. You can never tell when they're going to be lenient and when they're going to say no to something that they've approved in the past. -They're sticklers for rules even at their own cost. On more than one occasion I offered to save them hundreds of dollars if I got approval to drive instead of fly but they refused. -Rumors that business is slim were going around at work when I left recently