Pros
- A player at the forefront of new technology. - Efficient expense reimbursement team. - Smart, energetic foot soldiers - Non existent formal training structure, but a great opportunity to learn new technology. - Approachable management. Open door policy (mostly).
Cons
- Insecure and conservative management team, unwilling to experiment with individual project team leadership; the usual suspects lead all the projects. - Middle management stuffed with pompous, fast aging relics from the Big 4 world. - Swim or die mentality. "Raise your hand" (policy) or be ignored. - Networking, favors more likely to get you promoted than your achievements/skills - Corporate has a new found love for SharePoint! #Misery. #Shame. - Expensive benefits, no 401K match, non-existent flexible/unlimited PTO policy. No PTO accrual. - Quarterly and annual bonuses tied to billable utilization, regardless of availability. - Haphazard resource allocation policy. An organization that hires experienced Project Managers and allocates them as Business Analysts, needs a reality check. - Attrition at an all-time high. Flip-side: Incessant hiring, lack of project quality leading to fast exiting customers, and hence layoffs. - Project Managers advocate travel out of insecurity and need for show of strength, rather than actual need.