Pros
- Prestigious customers (300 banks, top 7 financial institutions...) - Profitable business - Lots of cash
Cons
Did you hear terrible company with terrible leadership? It is worse. MANAGEMENT: - Adverse, very hostile environment - Unprofessional at best - CEO is bully, full of hatred, and insults people - Aggressive or discriminatory language - Senior management is toxic, terribly negative, distrustful on everything, and only able to harshly criticize - Manipulative, unfriendly, and deceitful - Management by fear; execs display discontent for everything - Senior management fosters divisiveness between employees - Senior management never listen, stuck in their ways , unable to get the Big Picture - CEO and top execs are extremely resistant to change. Despite assertions, change is not welcome - CEO makes constantly erratic (and wrong) decisions, creates chaos and exacerbates problems - Micro-management is general - Brutal top down management - Unrealistic deadlines, idealistic expectations - Little concern for employees BUSINESS: - Senior management is completely out of touch - they live in the 80's at best. They don't know how to drive a business today - No direction but the expectation to "fix" problems that have been in place for as long as the company has been around - Sales pipeline is nearly empty - Old banking software, outdated technology (no Cloud) EARNINGS: - Very high insurance costs - Mediocre benefits - No bonuses - No career advancement and growth - No WFH, no remote COLLEAGUES: - VERY HIGH turnover, management doesn’t care - Three managers just left in a single month! - Not unusual to hear extremely negative comments (both personal and professional) from management about other people - Everyone walks on egg shells and tries to stay off the radar - Very political, different opinions not welcome - Extremely limited collaboration - The office is as quiet as a grave - Empty floors, empty cubicles - Low morale You will not gain any value by working at ARGO. Stay away.