Pros
Although this was a very challenging and toxic environment, it challenged me to reassess my personal values and my self-worth. I learned how to recognize red-flags, and I know what questions to ask of any future employer.
Cons
Terrible benefits. Health care is simply an unaffordable plan unless you are making an executive's salary. PTO is very strict (and simply does not apply to executives). The few times I took a day off I was asked to work (often disrupting plans). No work-life balance. Expect to work 12 hour days as an assistant here and to be on-call all hours of the day/night. Absolutely no respect for their employees. The executive team is all male and the majority of them are incredibly sexist. I was asked to do so much more than my job-description and I was not ever compensated for the extra work and time. This job was soul crushing and pushed me in to the most terrible anxiety and depression I have ever experienced. I was isolated from my family and friends. It was like being in an abusive relationship, I was consistently verbally and emotionally abused. There is a reason this company has a terrible reputation in the Raleigh, NC area. If you have children/a family to support please please please do not work here. If you are young, and want to take the risk– give it a shot. But if people rely on you for income and benefits I can not tell you how urgently you must not associate yourself with this company. They will make you lovely promises and never see them through.