Pros
Employee activities
Free food and coffee
On demand seminars and training
Nice working environment
New and high quality equipment
Good benefits (employer matching, insurance, mental help services, etc...)
Fun working environment and great colleagues
Nice mentality on employee general happiness in the workplace
Kontras
Very low salary in comparison to average low-end median with no possibilities of readjustments and low yearly raises that are hard-capped.
Exhausting office politics, taboos, and strict unwritten must-follow rules such as:
- no salary conversations or mentions.
- pretty often unpaid overtime to meet dead-ends.
- what you can talk about, what you can't talk about and how to address higher-ups (ideas, "anonymous" opinions, projects, discontents, etc...).
Obligatory "optional" activities.
Favoritism is pretty prevalent in management and is present everywhere.
No real opportunity of advancing career unless close and friendly with the higher-ups, usually, even if not qualified, those individuals will be prioritized over qualified employees.