Ventajas
Free lunch Friday, dog friendly, coworkers are great , free parking downtown or reduced mass transit passes.
Desventajas
The CEO disrespects and berates employees, has unpredictable moods, pushes back hard on attempts to have schedules, requirements or process, starts fires and crises and then expects the entire company to stop and fix things. He changes production code in real time without any documentation or process, and only knows micro management of others. He thrives on keeping the office fragmented. The President is extremely territorial and protects his empire at all costs. He needs to be the one in charge and the one with the solution. He very creepily directed conversation at one of our first lunches out to try and get me to discuss my sexual orientation. Employees are not empowered, are too distracted by the crisis du jour to fix bugs, close security holes, or innovate to the level that this team can reach. The employees there are rock stars if only they would be allowed to do their jobs. The declared M. O. of this company is that they will not work with deadlines. Planning and management are impossible, as is documentation. The work environment prevents any focus. Anyone credentialed for any domain specialty or expertise will never be allowed to apply standards or best practice because leadership won't allow it. This truly is a company where everyone hopes to not have to interact with management, but they have no choice and the employees suffer because of it. Some there are even be afraid to do any work not specifically tasked in writing by leadership because the leadership has a tendency to forget what was asked for or they will be raked over the coals for reasons that leadership spontaneously creates.