Pros
Work-life balance Multiple companies under one corporate umbrella, so you have the chance to learn about multiple industries at once Tech management was great to work for. My manager had a vision to help drive business in the company, but he had to slowly chip away at it to get others on board.
Cons
"Family values": A finance manager was arrested for a hit and run DUI that almost killed a woman. One year later, he was arrested for molesting his son. He remained employed until he was sentenced (after pleading guilty). Another employee was hired after he was charged with convincing a woman to commit suicide while he watched for sexual gratification. He worked on tech support for Guardian, so these are the people they have that can access your cameras in your home. He was let go when he was found guilty of the charges, as he immediately went to prison. The companies are small enough that people who worked with them knew this was happening, and the upper management chose to keep them employed. The upper management didn't seem to be in line with the company values, and morally, I didn't feel comfortable working there. During peak COVID, 75% of the tech department was out from catching COVID in the office (it was like a slow wave passing from one cubicle row to the next), and the healthy people were not instructed to work from home to keep them healthy. They also continued to let people travel between offices, spreading it further. Very rigid in their ways and not open to growth and change. The owners have a great revenue stream, and they don't seem interested in scalable growth. Guardian security used to be a major player in the home security realm, and the business was rigid in requiring contracts from customers and not offering online/self installation. At times when home security is booming, guardian was barely making their targets and losing customers. Similarly, Armstrong cable has been around for 75+ years and cable giants like Comcast have dwarfed them. Armstrong is holding on because it has government contracts to service low income/rural areas.