Pros
The company feels like it's heading in the right direction. At the start of 2019 it became a 100% ESOP. Too early to see specific benefits yet, but profits going to everyone instead of a few should be a great thing, long-term. Some of the earlier reviews on Glassdoor reference things that seem to be improving. It did feel like layoffs, forced vacations, and hour reductions were all on a hair trigger 4 years ago, but not recently. I think they expanded too quickly with the first gas boom, suffered a lot of pain with the gas crash, and the effects lingered. I think they're trying to grow at a more healthy/sustainable rate now, with more client and industry diversity. In 2019 they added 2 sick days to everyone's PTO. It's a good step towards getting closer to the amount of vacation other companies offer. One of the biggest pros is the flexibility (may be department-specific, I'm not sure). There's a lot of flexibility on arrival/departure times and working from home, as long as the work is getting done and communication is happening. Company vehicles - I've worked other places where the vehicles were nearing deathtrap status. Not here, at all. In fact, this probably should be a larger item: safety. Rettew actually puts tremendous effort into keeping people safe. From training to equipment, which includes impeccable vehicle maintenance.
Cons
No company is perfect. I've worked other places where the trade-offs were things like crappy pay, over-demanding bosses, or annoying coworkers. Not here. I think the trade-off here is a weird sort of detachment from non-work life. As in: Rettew is the only place I've ever worked where there's not a single company event with families invited. I could work here for 40 years and never meet any coworker's family. That's weird, right? I'm not saying it's a bad work-life balance - I don't feel pressured to forget my family exists, or to work ridiculous hours or anything, it's just... When you get here you take off your other life hats and put on the Rettew hat. You go to your cubicle or office and work. If you pass a coworker you might have a friendly conversation about: work, sports, current events, or the weather. But never "real life". On the whole, it's an okay trade-off, just strange. Other cons: the 401k match is very low (the new ESOP should help offset it, though a healthy 401k in *other* companies is important). Utilization - this is one thing from older reviews here that hasn't changed. Yes, you'll hear about billable hours. There have been hints at leadership discussing whether it's a terrible, useless metric. But not enough for me to put "this is improving" in the Pros category.
