Pros
- IZEA has managed to hire some truly excellent people at the company. When it comes to non-executive folks, its hands down the best part about working here. - There are a couple of executives around that are pretty nice and great sources of knowledge - Healthcare, 401k, Education Budget are excellent - Because the product changes so much, Engineering and Account Management both get the chance to have a significant impact on how the product is developed - In some cases, pay could be above market if you have the right skill set - Occasionally, some fun benefits and events come along.
Cons
- Our desire to be on the NASDAQ for personal over business reasons is absolutely killing us. Its readily apparent that our company product, vision, and profitability isn't where it should be to perform properly on the exchange - This year was supposedly be a big year for developing IZEA's product. However, a dip in stock has absolutely wrecked those hopes and the Engineering team is becoming increasingly unstable. This could spell disaster for the rest of the company. We need to iterate properly to hit the sales goals we set. - Low client retention. Its such a burden to try to continuously do business with the same client. Many of our interactions are one-time affairs. - There's a terrible culture of shorting employees on raises going on right now. IZEA waits until the leverage for raises diminishes and then undercuts the employees on the raise. Its dirty and out of character for what the company stands for. - Pay really isn't that competitive for most. - Even though a review system was established this year, is yet to occur this year. This is disappointing. Mainly because people have to threaten to leave in order to get a raise. - The Company Cruise is a ridiculous waste of company money. Its not fun and there's no option to bring your family along. Its surprisingly anti-family for a company that's very family-centric