Pros
Only promotes from within, leading to great career opportunity if you’re willing to put in the work, and most people can move on to good places when/if they decide to leave. The MDs are skilled, friendly, and invested in your success. Small size of the company means that you become very familiar with all aspects of your project quickly, and you become very familiar with Excel. Most of the employees are in their 20s, and happy hours and other out-of-work get togethers are a fairly common occurrence.
Cons
Despite the small size of the company, lower-level employees are often not consulted on matters pertaining to strategy or staffing, which can lead to unnecessary idle time and some discontent among analysts and associate managers. Additionally, although HRG has two front-office employees, most “receptionist” work (answering calls, getting mail) falls to the analysts. The CEO’s demeaning, uncomfortable, and unprofessional comments, absurd rules, and penchant for screaming will remain one of the main reasons people quit as long as he is a fixture in the office. This causes outsize harm to the company due to its small size. Surrounding area (Tarrytown) isn’t great but since you have to eat in the office it doesn’t matter much.