Pros
-Product we build here is second to none. -People who work here are great, hardworking and strive for excellence. -Education Fund -Great Benefits
Cons
-Culture is by far the worst thing here. If you don’t have a degree, good luck trying to move up the latter. You are treated like second or third class citizen compared to those with a degrees. -I worked here for 10yrs and within those years I had 22 bosses. The political management side is pretty disgusting, to say the least. They change/rotate managers faster then they give out raises. -All growth opportunities seem to be in-house and they rarely higher externally. Which is not such a bad thing if they gave externally a slight opportunity. -No degree, No growth - so sad, that their vision of excellence is measured by education only* and not experience. Although I have a degree, I see how people who have way more experience to do my job would never get the opportunity to even get considered for it even though they are more qualified to perform it. They need to take a page out of the tech industry (Google, Netflix, Microsoft) which higher regardless of a degree, but look at all aspects of someone’s ability to perform the job, and they do not let a degree automatically disqualify them. This is why they fail in keeping people and have such a fast turnaround of jobs here. Those without degrees get treated like 2nd to 3rd class citizens, and they will never grow once they reach their capacity. -The irony of all this is that most of the managers here only have technical degrees with no business experience or education to help them be managers. This leads to a management style and thinking that is only limited to an engineering mindset. This is by far their downside to helping employees grow and feel they are worth something. They believe that management experience is only 20% and technical experience is 80%. If they would only switch these percentages the business and culture would grow tremendously, and their employees would be managed by someone who knows what they were doing. -If you have a degree you will be treated good, until you hit your capacity, and then they will push you to go get a Masters degree if you want to grow or make more money, regardless of your hard work or experience. I left the company, which was the best decision I have ever made. I now make double of what I would have made if I had stayed and worked towards a Master that I never wanted to get. I now have had the opportunity to grow and be considered into position not because of my degree but because of my experience and hard work. I have never been happier and less tressed then I am now. I work for an great company that sees my potential and not a piece of paper to prove my worth. I have made my new company millions within the span of a year, and I didn’t not need a degree to do that, only the opportunity to prove my worth. I will say that this is a great first company to work for as it will make you appreciate your second one so much more.
