Pros
Even though I didn't participate - the only thing I can really think about is Thirsty Thursdays when they serve alcohol to employees - which absolutely creates liability for firm, but who am I to say? I'm just a lowly HR person with over 30 years of experience.
Cons
The board consists of internal employees who have insight into everything going on with the staff with whom they work. The President has never had ANY executive leadership experience and was promoted from an Principal Architect to President of the firm. She then hired a retired "so called" finance person to be the CFO of the company who pads his pockets and hers. As part of the two person HR team that was hired in the Fall of 2020, we were not allowed to influence or speak about things that were inappropriate and/or created a conflict of interest. When someone filed a complaint against the CFO via email, the President called them a coward and the CFO wanted to find out who filed it. After the Director quit 8 months into the role, I was the only HR person in the company and was completely ostracized and kept out of important decisions concerns employee actions and lied to about being considered as his replacement. When the Black Lives Matter explosion occurred in the wake of the George Floyd murder, the company took to IG and completely lied about the fact that they were connecting with their black employees, and the president painfully struggled to even mention it. I filed a complaint of discrimination and they happily paid me to leave because they have no intention of changing who they are. There are some good people there who recognize how the firm is being (un) lead, but it all falls on deaf ears. I absolutely believe that they have been operating like this for so long that they believe they are untouchable, but it's only a matter of time. I could go on and on about the discriminatory and unethical practices of this firm because there are several more blatant examples. I have seen a lot in my career, and I mean a lot; especially around the disparity that exists in the workforce for minorities, but to see them walk around and almost gloat in their privilege was down right sickening. If they keep operating the way they do, they will slowly destruct one brick at a time. And to that I will say, good riddance.