Pros
Great employee benefits and amazing team (besides anyone who is family). Don’t think I would have made it as long if it weren’t for them.
Cons
Family owned - could work if they didn’t have an us against them mentality. Lack of trust- Due to previous experiences with former employees, senior leadership has a difficult time building trust with new employees. As a new employee you get the sense that you have to earn the family’s trust. Trust goes both ways. Unprofessional senior leadership - The CEO will chew you out in-front of others in meetings, rather than having a private/ respectful conversation. No clear direction and lack of communication - CEO and president (husband and wife) share different info with different people and employees don’t know who’s direction to take, causing unclear guidance, confusion, and staff will get in trouble because of this. Also the CEO is a rambler. You’ll leave a conversation with her even more confused. Job Instability - staff feel like they will be let go at any moment. They feel this way because it has happened many times and with zero clear reasoning or justification. A termination should never come as a surprise, so why is it always a surprise at new Deantronics? Emotionally/ mentally draining - dreaded coming into work everyday. You’re expect to have the same dedication to the company as the owners do, so if you believe in work life balance, this probably isn’t the place for you. This could be reasonable if there was reward for that, but you won’t get that here. One manager in particular - thinks everyone is out to get her, unprofessional, and insecure. If you think she doesn’t like you, she probably doesn’t. She is lacking the necessary communication to be in a people facing management role and has no previous HR experience, so I’m not sure why they don’t hire an actual hr manager, aside from nepotism, which is extremely blatant here. Summary: If you’re considering applying, just don’t