Pros
- Colleague creates a great working environment - Once promoted to tier II you have a bit more freedom - Plenty of knowledge to go around (if you ask the right people) - peers treat you with respect - great immediate exposure to "reworked" technology
Cons
- management collides with support and all of support feels unappreciated - micromanagement without reason - management will spy on what your doing due to lack of trust - management is not professional when criticizing colleagues. - no management structure (ie. VP will walk around doing a manager's job or supervisors job - "pick up the phone.") - pay is way below standards and raises are not given based on progression and work. compensation can start from low 40's to mid 40's but unless complaints are made, there's not much you can do. - no management enforcement to discipline tier 1's - there's a lot of unfair favortism between management and tier 1's