Pros
Not much, culture can be fun for some but very "cliquey", if you're not part of the group (aka "drinking the kool-aid") you're an outcast and will probably be fired or at best, stagnate in your position. You work with cool people at other companies (sometimes) because of it's involvement in the news They have nice snacks and provisions for employees in the break room Health insurance is paid through the company
Kontras
Well, there are probably too many to list here but I'll try: - You are simply over worked and underpaid - You are expected to be "on the ball" and available 24/7 for "partners" (a fancy word for whiney clients) this includes stopping to answer phone calls, emails, and "fix" problems during wedding receptions, family vacations, and PTO (there is no such thing as "out of office" here) - The management in shady and snipey, they are looking for anyone who's not 100% bought into the concept of the company and anyone who pokes their nose around other departments too much. Definitely a "keep your head down and working and don't ask questions" kind of place (people have been fired before for asking too many questions about certain departments). - The pay is less than competitive when compared to other similar positions and expected work loads, the career advancement is very limited even though they promise you to the moon that they promote and are promoting all the time (only promoting very political and corrupt employees internally). I've seen Associate Account Managers stay in the role for 3 years while less experienced folks are hired on above them which has lead to an exodus of experienced talent internally. - The executive management is very elitist and is not afraid to make comments about your "place" and "station" in the company. This essentially leads to a shady, hostile culture based on keeping secrets on processes from entire departments and firing those who wisen up enough to point a finger or ask a pertinent question. - The Account Management department is a NIGHTMARE as needs a serious overhaul, the past director was a fear-based dictator (wife of the CEO) and the current one is ineffective at making good decisions from a strategic standpoint (probably the fault of the executive management tossing her in and the lack of ANY formal training program) and ineffective from a personnel standpoint (hiring, firing, promotions). The responsibility of anything that goes wrong rests on this departments shoulders (even though the majority of the company's problems stem from a lack of effective personnel in development and tech and lazy, corrupt ad sales/ops persons who shirk and shift blame at any opportunity). - The product is old, is not moving forward fast enough and you are expected to handle any and all problems, questions, and reporting for it even if the "partner" is able to handle it on their own. - Company focuses too hard on making "new" products and pushing out updates or new inventory without proper testing for the sake of appearing "ahead of the game" while putting it on the account management team's backs to handle the fallout and blaming us when "partners" aren't happy.