Pros
You can make good contacts in the power industry. Covered parking. (Which they take out of your paycheck even if you choose to ride public transportation)
Cons
The mission statement at the front door should read "Beatings will continue until morale improves." It appears the few people who have lasted more than a couple years have been verbally and mentally abused into submission. The turnover rate is unlike anything I have ever seen. Ever. It truly is a revolving door. They are only looking for warm bodies that can make them money. There is no future outlook other than how much can you make me today, tomorrow and next week. They have burned many bridges in the industry with speakers and hotels and have a very poor reputation among their peers. I have never experienced such horrible micro-management. There have been occasions when they will corner you in the kitchen, hallway, and bathroom asking for event updates. You will also need to report your progress on a word document, then upload and repeat your update on the company server and then sit through painful, degrading weekly/daily meetings to repeat it all again. You will do this several times a week because you answer to the husband, the wife and occasionally the daughter (aka the CONo). Unfortunately, it will never be enough for them. Everything is reactive and suggestions for improvement are not welcome. I have witnessed someone being asked to make certain calls which they did, and then they were reprimanded for doing so in the middle of the kitchen. They talk out both sides of their mouth. They say you can go to outside conferences for professional development and then they will turn nasty when you ask to do so. They will nickel and dime you at every turn. You are expected to fly on your own time such as weekends, work long hours and will constantly be told that is the position and there is no flex time policy to make up for all your time away from your family. They have flown multiple producers back into DIA in the middle of the night in a Blizzard in order to avoid paying for one extra night at the conference hotel. They would never do this themselves or force their daughter to this. But as an employee your only value is being their cash cow. The daughter is rude, aloof, and impossible to work with. Her title is COO and she forgot to turn in payroll. She doesn’t answer your emails and is exceptionally unprofessional. The good news is she leaves early every day. On the occasion the parents were out of the country and sent an email that she was in charge, she didn’t even show up for two days. Watch your profit share and PTO. They will adjust it themselves. The environment is horrible and every person there walks on egg shells around the three family members. Not one person is truly happy and they discuss it daily among themselves. It became so clear after numerous years that they do not care about their employees.
