Pros
This company is small and works supporting local governments. The management team is very connected to the local community. Management also builds a personal connection to every employee as best they can. They are very sincere in the efforts they make to ensure this is a great place to work. Work-Life balance is very important to them and they reinforce that. I enjoy working here and don’t see myself going anywhere else. The company has finally let the “poison pill” people go and the stress they brought to the office is gone. Getting rid of those people have made a giant and unexpected improvement on employee morale.
Kontras
A side effect of the personal connection management has is that it’s harder for them to let people go that shouldn’t be here. And when they do they lay them off so no one is fired. This means that poison pill people hang around far longer than they should. Being small and agile sometimes direction change can happen quickly. Crafting that message earlier to folks know what’s coming would could be better.