Pros
1. Ability to work remote 2. Flexible PTO, 3. There were some really talented people who used to work here
Cons
Key concerning indicators - 1. Turnover - in a 10-15 person company, 7 people left the business during my tenure 2. DEI efforts - external commitment to diversity doesn't match executive leadership team or internal efforts 3. Career development - for a company that offers a training "product", there are zero career development opportunities for internal employees 4. Pay - overpromised on compensation expectations and underdelivered significantly. Consistently used the excuse "we're a small company with a lot of moving pieces" when the ball was dropped on paying commission 5. Product - the product isn't sustainable and they are profiting off other people's time and intellectual property when asking other people to train their members 6. Shiny objection syndrome - Struggled to have patience with the team members they brought on board to execute high level strategy, constantly changed direction without seeing any efforts come to fruition 7. Gaslighting - the fact that I ended up creating a 17 page word document to serve as my "journal" while I worked there is a concern on it's own. You are promised you have autonomy and can act on your own accord but are constantly met with defensiveness, backhanded comments, and blame for when obstacles arise 8. Communication - with a small company you'd think communication would be easy. Think again. You are promised you are part of a team and are "building the business with them" but almost all decisions are made behind closed doors and only communicated to the team after changes have been made. If they give you the opportunity to collaborate on an idea together, it'll get lost on the priority list because the exec team will have come up with new ideas by then 9. Executive Leadership - LinkedIn versus the reality of how they lead is vastly different. Don't take public perception as truth to how they operate 10. Sanity - it's tough to do your best work and bring your whole self to work when you are subject to working in a toxic environment