Pros
1. Remarkable Transparency that rivals any company with whom I've interacted 2. Ownership: of successes and mistakes alike, from Sr. Leadership down 3. Community - co-workers with enthusiasm and willingness to share/teach/learn with you. We perform bi-annual performance reviews AND bi-annual cultural reviews to ensure each member of Rock is realizing their full potential as a whole person, not just professionally. 4. Focus on customer success to drive company success. 5. (a)Constant feedback requests from all parties: users, clients, leaders, freelancers, product & eng., and revenue teams. 5. (b) Plus, our Ops teams ACTUALLY do something with that feedback instead of letting it die in a spreadsheet. 6. Diversity - mostly women employees (59%), 3 company languages, 8 countries (and counting) and a broad range of services and solutions for any industry 7. Positive impact - "What kind of mark will we leave on the Universe if Rock closed its doors tomorrow?" is what our CEO asks in our All-Hands. Check out the Social Impact section of About at Rockcontent.com for more about this! 8. Real people doing good things together - when employees with tenure announce their transition out of Rock, people get legitimately emotional about losing a leader, mentor, and friend most of all. Rock's dedication to our cultural pillars (Learn, Teach, Collaborate, Solve, and Grow) are what make this a special place to work. I feel like I've been part of this company for years. No - not because I'm already burnt out or the job is losing it's luster; but I feel like I've known the people here and have been part of their "circles" from the overwhelming sense of belonging I've felt with my colleagues, despite WFH and working with a global team.
Cons
Predominant native language is Portuguese, but Universal Language is English.*** Developing market posture. Some of our collaborative projects would be - in my opinion - easier performed in person. Tuition reimbursement, at present, is a little less than others, but the total comp package has, in my experience, offset that fact for "Rockers" of all stages of their career and education process. ***I'm taking the opportunity to learn Portuguese while my colleagues refine their English. The "Language Barrier" is more of an issue for some than others, to be fair. Final note: In the last several consecutive Quarterly Kickoff meetings, Executive Leadership announced new initiatives or OKR's that explicitly and directly addressed the issues I identified through the previous quarter.