Pros
If you are straight out of school you will learn a lot! ( and be paid very little.) It’ll be worth it if you leave after 2 years or so. Anything longer than that and you will find you could be making $30-40k more elsewhere. But you will absolutely learn and grow as a professional and the clients you will work on will carry enough clout to get your foot in the door elsewhere. Very tight knit relationships can be formed. Some of the most thoughtful and kindest people and leadership, but kindness doesn’t pay bills. The Dallas team is nimble and quick to put out high quality work product. They are an impressive group and while lacking in diversity it’s not nearly as embarrassing or on the scale of ATL. They get ish done. Atlanta on the other hand has just accepted we’re going to be old school and take forever on everything and call it being “thorough.” Retreat is kinda cool. Offices are nice looking.
Cons
Salary. I was amazed how much more I was offered after leaving. I now realize my raises were higher bc they paid so little. If you are a person of color, know the diversity is lacking. It’s actually scary that a company in downtown Atlanta can have so few black people. There’s a reason for this and it starts from the top down who have said repeatedly that they can’t find talent. Meanwhile recruits at UGA and Auburn repeatedly. For a mid-career or senior black person, the micro aggressions aren’t worth it. They don’t really trust their employees. Time tracking is done and edited by the quarter hour and managers nickel and dime budgets. They want ppl in office, always have and do so under the guise of collaboration. It’s actually for oversight. Salary. Hours are long - 8:30-5:30 last I checked. That’s an extra hour on a 9-5 and they actually try to enforce it. Not ideal. Vacation and holidays are bla and anytime someone mentions it they lay out how much money it would cost to close as if that’s our fault. Constantly tries to justify lackluster benefits and billable expectations by comparing to other companies.