Pros
Great intra-departmental and project bonds. You will be friends with all of your coworkers. They have great hiring program and are bubbling with unfulfilled potential.
Cons
Title says it all. CEO has made some questionable hires and it's clear that family ties are the only qualification these hires possessed. The CEO lets his own familial emotional issues bleed into the office environment as a result of these questionable hires. These problems all come out on employees. The Path reputation for being difficult to work with is directly because of this nepotism. Very few subcontractors want to work with Path because they know the nepotism means working with very difficult and unqualified individuals. Path will break subcontractor relationships over the pettiest amounts, making managers jobs very difficult. The CEO and his nepotist hires lack basic people skills and have a very hard time maintaining healthy subcontractor relationships. The Path reputation for being hard to work with is widespread and well deserved. It's very unfortunate because this company has all the right pieces in place. It is a racehorse stuck at the gate. The owners penchant for nepotism has really hurt the Chicago office. Arrogance and Hubris are the two biggest results of the nepotism. If you value your mental health or self respect at all avoid the Path Chicago office. You will be constantly dealing with super unprofessional issues due to the CEO's nepotism. I cannot in good faith recommend working here while the CEO picks a difficult and unqualified family member to oversee the great staff at Path.
