If you live within 50 miles of an office, you’re in the office 4 days a week. Training was a bit chaotic. There doesn’t seem to be much of a formal program in place for systems and guidelines, but I’ve been told it’s something they are working on. The health insurance benefits are bad. They offer two expensive high-deductible plans while contributing very little to the employees’ HSA. The PTO/holiday time is also not great compared to other carriers I’ve been with. For < 5 years, you only accrue 15 days and are given 9 holidays with a floating. My two previous carriers, I had a minimum of 20 days of PTO starting out with 10-12 days for holidays and a floating. You can only carry over 5 days, so it’s nearly impossible to plan a longer vacation at the beginning of the year if you only have 40 hours banked and are accruing 5 hours a pay period. If PTO can’t be increased, then providing a lump sum of hours at the beginning of the year or the ability to buy additional days would be great. I haven’t been through a bonus period yet, but I’ve heard mixed feedback from employees, and management hasn’t been super clear, so I am a bit concerned there. Instead of a traditional 401k where the employer matches the employee’s contributions, they do profit sharing for a minimum of 5% of your salary that’s added to your 401k. In theory, it sounds great, but no one can remember when they’ve gotten more than 5%, and personally, I’d rather be able to invest and earn on the employer’s contribution throughout the year instead of getting a lump sum after the company has been able to make gains for themselves.
