Pros
- Big on professional development so I'm always taking paid classes or conferences - Vacation is almost 4 weeks (caveat is that we get less nationally recognized holidays off) - 401K vesting! - Hotbed of foreign nationals, so learning about other cultures make it fun - Cheap and good coffee machines everywhere - Young culture with fresh and innovative ideas
Cons
- Numerous colleagues stressed and fearful of their job security due to numerous unexpected or unexplained terminations - Inconsistency in what they say and what they will actually do; when policy violations or inappropriate activities are brought up, colleagues and I spurned rather than thanked for saving them future legal troubles. No corrective action takes place either, which makes us afraid to speak up for fear of retaliation - Unprofessional by US standards. These are a lot of Europeans that work here and they are oblivious to what is considered inappropriate here. Managers bashing an employee in a different language because they do not think I can understand them; male managers making sexist jokes - Managers with little to no previous work history leading teams and not understanding what a manager's role is supposed to be like - As others mentioned, people are 'tapped' by management for upward mobility; blatant display of favoritism, especially if the person is attractive (i.e., this person can get away with things that others of similar ranks cannot) - Low salary for HQ when considering the location is by DC, one of the most expensive cities in the country; someone who is assigned to live in a small town where cost of living is 5x less will make the same salary as someone who is assigned to HQ so that could be a plus depending on where you end up working