Poor People Management, and Lack of Strategic Vision
Pros
This was a family-style firm, with a close-knit culture. The opportunities to learn and grow (albeit within an exisiting role, only) are numerous.
Cons
(1) all management lack people management skills, (2) senior staff have no formal management or business training, (3) no sense of stregy and hence no strategic coordination throughout firm, (4) firm is reactionary and most learning occurs from making mistakes (in some cases detrimental mistakes). All this creates a dis-jointed atmosphere, where parallel projects are common, overhead is not tracked nor managed against. This latter point is significant: without grasping a sense of the cost of operating, no effort is put forward to reduce spending. More importantly, the firm is famous for paying staff rediculously low wages, and not recognizing educational credentials. A very frustrating place to work.
