Pros
Good Work Life Balance. We were on Flex Schedule in the Richmond, VA office. Some positions were allowed to work from home. Benefits are phenomenal (medical, bravo points, etc.). Career services/advice available. Team events are cool. Inclusive and understanding environment. Transparent on business plans and future plans as whole to all levels of employees which creates a sense of ownership.
Cons
As a result of being an inclusive environment, there are employees who take advantage and slip through the cracks even though they don't perform well. It makes tasks a lot harder for the rest of those who are performing well, as they are the ones who are visible on the work process. Too many unnecessary, "touchy-feely" meetings about how someone felt hurt by the way the other employee sneezed so to speak. It is hard to move up because positions are only created for those who are best friends with management regardless of competency. As a result those around them are either blamed for not "providing" the correct information or proper training, when in reality that employee put in that position lacks the ability to retain or even do their small day to day function. For example, they hired someone to a computer heavy (microsoft office) position that kept asking if she was in Microsoft word and did not know why any of her words are going into a document like mine, when in reality she was in a windows folder... Another person consistently did not know where her mouse was on the screen and needed assistance to find it. These are basic functions published on the job description otherwise, but individuals are moved up from operations regardless of competency and connections form within. (friendship with other managers). This is not an issue if people who were given those opportunities are given to individuals who proves they can do the tasks. There are so many people trying to get hired and are scrutinized for not having the job descriptions stated, meanwhile you are pushing through folks who does not even meet even a little bit of the description.
