Pros
You know what's funny? I would have cited co-workers as being the only pro, but most of the good ones I remember working with have left, soooo.
Cons
Where do I start? First of all, the CEO has changed. LinkedIn has made that readily apparent over the last few weeks, despite not having interacted with FM in years. All these bad reviews calling out the CEO recently are referring to their current CSO, Chris - not Nathan. I don't know Nathan, so none of these refers to him. Did you know that, as CEO, Chris clipped his nails in his office, with the door open? It was WEIRD. Not only is that not a normal thing to do in the workplace, but also seemed like some sort of weird power play. I don't know, but made me uncomfortably (especially when the general consensus among the veterans was that "we just had to deal with it"). That aside, the pay was minimal and the workload absurb. It was bad years ago, so I can only imagine what it's like now. Despite the promises that came with every title change, you were left on your own to figure everything out and micromanaged to an extreme degree. I will never miss having to list out all my tasks/responsibilities from the day's work on BaseCamp - it was pointless. For newer employees, all this meant you risk burn-out early on. Should you say anything about needing help or assistance, somehow you became enemy #1 (my favorite was when Chris would take over the Monday morning meetings and make you out to be some kind of "example" in front of everyone without personally naming you). That, too, is not a normal occurence in the workplace. In fact, most would label that as "toxic." For those who have stuck around all these years, there are better jobs are out that pay for your worth and don't stretch you beyond human capacity. If you're still being given the ol' "over bandwidth" motivational falsehoods, it's really time to move on. All of that said, I'm so glad I left when I did. The grass really is greener on the other side.