Pros
Technology folk look at different opportunities for various reasons; salary, growth, more challenging work, and of course, a bodacious PC with big glass! Regardless of the initial reason for starting a job search, most of us end up taking a hard look at the company culture at both our current workplace and, more importantly, at the workplace, we may end up. After all, we spend a massive amount of our lives, energy, and emotions in our careers. It's crucial to have a safe place to work in today's world, leadership who is invested in their employees and actively works to grow and improve their product and the technology behind it. Today most companies 'get' this fact - the culture and work environment is key to their success. Progressive has always been one of those companies.
Cons
Occasionally though, out of desperation or short-sightedness, the company forgets about the people who help make them successful. Hopefully, this 'forgetfulness' is merely a blip on the radar, and the course is quickly corrected. Occasionally though, leadership reaches outside of this trust-pool and brings in a 'consultant' to help facilitate a perceived need. It is easy to be fooled by the glamour cast by consultants, forgetting that those consultants have no real 'investment' in the long game. Unfortunately, Progressive Leasing has turned from a company that puts its employees above all else to a company looking for some magic pill to solve outside pressures. Out of desperation, they have turned a consultant hired to help with technological growth into an acting vice president. Unfortunately, this consultant seems to be destroying the culture that has been nurtured for 20 years by the founder and the executive team.