Ventajas
Employment opportunities for those with M&A, PE, and strategic implementation experience. 401k employer match started back up again in January. No layoffs as of late. Work from home will be an option moving forward. Salesforce will be utilized in the future. If you have an equity stake the value is greatly increasing. The company has a legit private equity partner in Kelso so there is fast growth via M&A. If you sell your company to Risk Strategies you may end up with an executive level position.
Desventajas
Kelso owns a majority stake and controls the company. Risk Strategies never tells its employees this truth. There is very limited/no investment in organic growth. Teams are not given additional resources to help them grow. Integration is lacking. The 401k employer match is a lowly $3,000. Benefits are not that good for a company of this size. No salary growth and very limited bonus if any at all. Most employees were doing better a few years ago. "Selective hiring" of new employees. Turnover is really starting to pick up. Hardly any promotions. Don't trust the metrics the company tells you as they can't track everything with all the acquisitions. Really no potential for employee growth as Kelso is tightening the belt and cutting every cost possible as a sale will come soon given the typical PE holding period.