Pros
- You get paid a salary every month. - Some talented people work(ed) there although they are quickly being driven away - CEO is a good guy but he can only look after so much.
Cons
- On initial joining of the company employer benefits were good. These were literally ripped away. Vouchers for birthdays were removed and yearly rewards for work anniversary almost stripped back to nothing. It was a small token of appreciation but it made a massive difference. - Management issues due to poor hiring decisions and company growing so large that the good people in Senior Management have lost touch with what is happening on the floor. - Be aware that what you initially agree to when it comes to salary may end up becoming your salary forever until you decide to leave out of frustration. - Salary increases are not linked to performance in any way whatsoever. Outstanding feedback from the client is irrelevant. I was told I was already at the top of the bracket for my role, which appears to be the standard line trotted out to everyone to justify lack of pay increase. A check of the Robert Walters Salary guide showed I was right in the middle. - No salary increase for 5 years meaning effectively losing money every year. (Not even a CPI increase). - Company seemingly only pays lip service to employee happiness. As an example in my case I had come forward to explain my disillusion with the lack of acknowledgement and reward for the excellent work I had done and the outstanding feedback from the client. I remained loyal and gave the company 8 months to fix what I hoped was just an oversight due to my lack of complaining about it in previous years. Instead I was told in my salary review that I would once again not receive an increase and was dumbfounded. The company effectively decided they would rather lose almost $300,000 in guaranteed revenue every year than see me get any increase in salary. This was after being almost 100% billable over a 5 year + period. I felt I was effectively forced to accept the situation I was in or quit. That really is no way to treat any staff member never mind one of your senior members that had been there almost since the beginning.